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7 Signs the Corporatocracy is Losing its Legitimacy--and 7 Tools to Help Shut it Down

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. January 29, 2012.

The legitimacy of rule by giant corporations and Wall Street banks is crumbling.

"Confidence Men" Author Ron Suskind Responds to Obama Administration's Fiery Denials About Financial Crisis

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. September 23, 2011.

Ron Suskind's book has elicited harsh reaction from the White House since it was published. The authors tells his side.

Why Do People Who Work in Finance Earn So Much More Than the Rest of Us?

Les Leopold, AlterNet. January 21, 2011.

Most Americans rightly sense that our middle-class dominated economy has devolved into a system of financial socialism by and for elites.

Obama's Economic Reforms Should Re-structure the System -- Not Just Reform It

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.

We're dealing with a political elite that is more Clintonesque than Rooseveltesque. Will meaningful change be possible?

Are Small Banks America's Next Cash Crop?

Zach Carter, YES! Magazine. June 11, 2009.

As Americans pick up the economy's pieces, a few bankers are re-thinking the system.

Bush's Economy 'Doing Remarkably Well'

Molly Ivins, AlterNet. October 24, 2006.

For those of us who aren't rich, however, incomes are stagnant while healthcare and education costs skyrocket.