On AlterNet: financial sector

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "financial sector"

Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: JP Morgan Blow-Up is Not a ‘Hiccup’ -- It's a Giant, Ugly Warning

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. May 16, 2012.

The tone-deaf, gold-plated, Wall Street-worshipping mayor of New York City rushes to defend Jamie Dimon.

Five Ways that Financial Elites are Destroying Democracy

Les Leopold, AlterNet. November 21, 2011.

Is democracy compatible with a financial system run by billionaires? Maybe not.

Big Finance Is a Monster That's Consuming Our Economic Security

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 15, 2011.

It’s high time that the $2.2 trillion sloshing around in hedge funds supported real job creation and debt repayment instead of enriching a handful of billionaires.

Seriously, Jail the Bankers or This Economy Will Never Fully Recover

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2010.

By refusing to hold the corporate criminals at the heart of the housing crisis accountable for their crimes, we’re creating powerful incentives for future malfeasance.

Won't Somebody Please Think of the Bankers?

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. January 2, 2010.

Their plight hurts all of us.

Wall Street's 10 Greatest Lies of 2009

deleted, AlterNet. December 28, 2009.

Lies that justify screwing over Main Street.

In the Shadow of Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Is Far from Recovery

Denver Nicks, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.

Profits and bonuses are back on the Street, but the prosperity hasn't filtered down past the service economy.

Flush with Cash From Bank Lobbyists, Conservative Dems Are Killing the Consumer Protection We All Need

Zach Carter, AlterNet. October 1, 2009.

Wall Street-influenced Democrats may not act as nutty as their GOP counterparts, but they're dealing out the same economic damage.

The Financial Crisis Could Shake the Foundations of American Politics

William Greider, TheNation.com. July 18, 2008.

We are witnessing a momentous event -- the great deflation of Wall Street -- and it is far from over.