Rob Johnson, NewDeal 2.0. August 31, 2009. By refusing to stand up to the finance oligarchs, the Obama Admistration fed the cynics and dissipated the opportunity for real change.
William Greider, The Nation. June 25, 2009. Missing in the Obama plan are hard rules -- the classic quality of laws that command behavior by prescribing "thou shalt" or 'thou shalt not."
Danny Schechter, AlterNet. June 22, 2009. We're dealing with a political elite that is more Clintonesque than Rooseveltesque. Will meaningful change be possible?
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 22, 2009. Goldman holds billions in taxpayer cash, plans for billions in exec bonuses this year, and has powerful friends in Obama's govt. up the wazoo.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. April 23, 2009. As we mark the first 100 days of his presidency, it is staggering to consider the enormous challenges President Obama inherited from his predecessor.
Thom Hartmann, Smirking Chimp. April 16, 2009. The Geithner/Summers plan seems to hinge on reinflating the debt bubble. The outcome will be inflation, a more serious crash, or both.
Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. April 14, 2009. It ain't easy to play the role of loyal opposition to a progressive president who seems determined at times to be captured by Wall Street.
Jeffrey Sachs, Huffington Post. April 8, 2009. Insiders can easily game the system created by Geithner and Summers, costing taxpayers up to a trillion dollars or more.
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. April 4, 2009. The "too big" claim forms the rationale for the diversion of regular people's money into rich people's pockets.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. March 27, 2009. The Obama administration thinks a little regulatory tinkering will take Wall Street back to its glory days of fraudulent finance.
Art Levine, Huffington Post. March 25, 2009. There's a chance that the fury over those AIG bonuses and bungled bailouts may be channeled into real economic, labor rights and health-care reform.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. March 24, 2009. The issue isn't whether Geithner's a nice guy; it's his ideas, which are as toxic as the assets that have hamstrung the economy.
William Greider, The Washington Post. March 23, 2009. Obama is trapped between the governing elites who decide things and the people who are governed. Which side is he on?
Nick Sabloff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. March 19, 2009. Geithner confirmed that his department had pushed Dodd to add a loophole in the federal stimulus bill allowing bailout recipients to receive bonuses.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 19, 2009. Elijah Cummings knew about $1 billion in bonuses for "months" ... why didn't Timothy Geithner?
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 18, 2009. The disclosure should put to rest one aspect of the debate over how AIG was allowed to dole out $165 million in bonus payments.
