On AlterNet: global financial crisis

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Are We Heading For A Second Global Financial Crisis?

Richard Murphy, Comment Is Free. August 4, 2011.

The only way to avoid another meltdown is to get feral finance--the out of control banking industry--under control.

Wall Street, DC, and the New (Dangerous) Financial Euphoria

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. May 12, 2009.

Wall Street and political insiders are ready to break out the champagne. Forgive me if I keep the bubbly on the shelf.

Michael Moore: Madoff Is a Convenient Distraction for a Bunch of Crooks Who Aren't in Jail

Michael Moore, Time Magazine. May 2, 2009.

Had Madoff just followed the example of his fellow tycoons, he could have legally multiplied his wealth many times over, legally.

Should You Try Stripping?

Lily Blau, Sirens Magazine. April 30, 2009.

Faced with increasing economic woes, some women are asking themselves that question.

How a Green Economy Is an Antidote to Casino Capitalism

Robert Pollin, New Labor Forum. April 2, 2009.

A green investment sector can help rid the capital development of the U.S. economy of casino logic.

Hightower: Conservatives Are Blind, Deaf and Dumb to Class Warfare

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. March 12, 2009.

Are right-wingers really claiming that the U.S. has never been riven by class resentment? Get out your history books.

Is a New Economic Consensus Emerging from the Ashes of the Old?

Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 13, 2009.

The swift unraveling of the global economy has left the world anticipating a new era of social democracy.

South America: Can Recession Be Avoided?

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 18, 2008.

Can South America escape the wrath of the economic and financial storms that have their epicenter in the United States?