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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "loans"

Higher Education Should Be Free -- And We Need a Movement to Make It So

Higher Education Should Be Free -- And We Need a Movement to Make It So

Liza Featherstone, The Nation. June 16, 2009.
Why not take the meritocratic promise of this country at face value and try to make it real?

Stimulus Stagnation: Bipartisanship Is Sunk

Stimulus Stagnation: Bipartisanship Is Sunk

Zach Carter, Media Consortium AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 3, 2009.
Lawmakers who actually care about the fate of the U.S. economy are furious.

Don't Pardon the Junk Bond King

Don't Pardon the Junk Bond King

Mary Liz Thomson, AlterNet. January 20, 2009.
One of the original financial felons from the 1980s, Michael Milken, is asking for a pardon from President Bush.

How Our Gutless Media Helped Trigger the Credit Crisis

How Our Gutless Media Helped Trigger the Credit Crisis

Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review. November 20, 2008.
Government and greedy bankers aren't the only ones to blame.

After the Housing Bill: Time to Address Foreclosures

After the Housing Bill: Time to Address Foreclosures

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. July 29, 2008.
The housing bill will likely help less than five percent of the families facing foreclosure over the next two years.

Are We Facing Just Another Market Problem or a System Collapse?

Are We Facing Just Another Market Problem or a System Collapse?

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. July 28, 2008.
Even as foreclosures double, and the price of gas and food rises sharply, it's been business as usual in newspapers and in Washington.

Economic Meltdown: The Consequences of Legal Bribery

Economic Meltdown: The Consequences of Legal Bribery

Peter Dreier, Huffington Post. March 27, 2008.
The financial services industry has shown again and again that it cannot self-regulate. It's time for the government to step in.

Subprime Is Really SubCRIME: America's Deeper Financial Crisis

Subprime Is Really SubCRIME: America's Deeper Financial Crisis

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. February 21, 2008.
Policy proposals are not enough to save the economy. Candidates, take note.

Paul Krugman Has Housing Bubble News That Will Scare the Crap Out of You

Paul Krugman Has Housing Bubble News That Will Scare the Crap Out of You

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2007.
According to Krugman, it is going to be a bumpy ride. For everyone.