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Why Going 'Back To Normal' Is No Longer An Option for the American Economy -- And Where We're Headed Now

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Stop waiting around, because "normal" as we know it isn't coming back.

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.

"Lure People Into That Calm and Then Just Totally F--k 'Em": How All of Us Pay for the Derivatives Market

Zach Carter, AlterNet. June 11, 2010.

Derivatives are a hotbed of abuses and bailouts. So why are taxpayers footing the bill?

Finance Superstars Talk About the Massive Fraud in Our Economic System

Joe Costello, AlterNet. March 8, 2010.

"Make Markets Be Markets" conference of financial reform all-stars offers an alternative to Washington's disastrous oversight of the economy.

The Great American Bank Robbery

Joseph Stiglitz, W. W. Norton & Company. February 27, 2010.

How did the big banks nearly take down the entire economy and still continue to profit? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains.

Joseph Stiglitz: Bankers Made Reckless Bets on the Economy, Knowing Taxpayers Were Going to Pick up the Tab

Zach Carter, AlterNet. February 25, 2010.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist argues the banking industry "failed in their core societal function," helping lead to the great economic crash of '08.

5 Disastrous Decisions That Got Us into This Economic Mess

Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair. December 11, 2008.

We are at a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future economic policy is a debate over history -- here are the major mistakes that got us here.

Here's a Better Bailout Plan

Joseph Stiglitz, TheNation.com. October 1, 2008.

There are four fundamental problems with our financial system. The Paulson plan addresses only one.

Cost of Occupation in Iraq: $3 Trillion Estimate Was Too Low

Joseph Stiglitz, Linda Bilmes, Comment Is Free. April 8, 2008.

Notwithstanding Bush's response, our original estimate of the cost of the Iraq war was too conservative: in reality, it will be much higher.