Ian Welsh, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 13, 2009. All the Obama administration has done is put the economy on life support then wander away.
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?
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 18, 2009. Summers and Geitner finally condemned the Wall Street shenanigans they once abetted. But will this mean any real change in Obama's policy?
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.
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.
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. February 19, 2009. In no time at all the treasury secretary has reduced Obama's populist bark to a puppy whimper. What are we going to do about it?
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. February 5, 2009. Washington shouldn't reward Wall Street's culture of excess. Instead, it should insist that those who wrecked the economy be fired.
Mike Whitney, Dissident Voice. January 28, 2009. This is not a normal recession where the mismatch between supply and demand will work itself out over time.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 8, 2008. After the past eight years, it's a bit much to stomach someone saying "just shut up and trust me, because I know better."
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 23, 2008. Obama has selected Summers to lead National Economic Council, Gibbs as press secretary.
Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. November 14, 2008. Victoria McGrane and Lisa Lerer from the Politico are reporting that Larry Summers is on the outs with Obama's transition team.
