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How to Tame the Rapacious Finance Industry?

Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate. July 12, 2010.

Finance is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It is supposed to serve the interests of the rest of society, not the other way around.

Taibbi: The Lunatics Who Made a Religion Out of Greed and Wrecked the Economy

Matt Taibbi, The Guardian. April 26, 2010.

The SEC's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs is a chance to prevent greed without limits.

How Financial Reporters Create Illusion to Cover Up Wall Street's Scams

Scott Thill, AlterNet. April 13, 2010.

The corporate media's job is to sell confidence on Wall Street's numbers, rather than tempered or even depressed expectations, no matter how realistic they may be.

A Lot of Our Money Is Buried in the Cayman Islands -- Let's Get It Back

David Cay Johnston, The Nation. May 16, 2009.

Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats -- prosecute them as criminals and require full payment.

Bailout Rejection Sends out Financial Shockwaves, But It's Also Good for Democracy

William Greider, TheNation.com. September 30, 2008.

Bowing to public outrage, the House rejected the bailout and Wall Street swoons. The political bedlam in Washington is as real as it gets.

Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. September 22, 2008.

Free market ideology comes down to socialism for the rich, capitalism for everybody else.