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In HBO's "Too Big to Fail," the Heroes Are Really Zeroes

Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica. May 25, 2011.

The movie isn't the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the global economy. It's a story of failure upon failure.

Wall Street Is Laundering Drug Money and Getting Away with It

Zach Carter, AlterNet. July 16, 2010.

Wall Street has been caught laundering massive amounts of drug money. So why isn't anybody being punished?

Time For Obama To Lead: Republicans Block Volcker Rule

Simon Johnson, The Baseline Scenario. May 19, 2010.

Republicans are blocking Obama's signature Wall Street reform. The president must stand up and fight.

Why Didn't Congress Break Up The Banks? Bankers Bought The Vote.

A New Way ForwardMay 14, 2010.

Senators who voted against breaking up the banks got twice as much money from Wall Street as Senators who didn't.

Congress Should Force Big Banks to Stop Gambling With Our Money

Jane D'Arista, Gerald Epstein, AlterNet. May 10, 2010.

The derivatives business is straight gambling. Why do we let economically essential banks gamble with taxpayer money?

Congress Goes to Bat For Wall Street, Rejects Plan To Break up Banks

Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 7, 2010.

Last night, Congress shot down the most important Wall Street reform.

Break up the Big Banks and End the Oligarchy on Wall Street

Simon Johnson, The Baseline Scenario. May 5, 2010.

We are living in a Wall Street oligarchy if Congress won't allow a vote on breaking up the banks.

Dems Break GOP's Attempted Filibuster in the Senate, But Proposed Wall Street Reforms Are Pretty Flimsy

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 29, 2010.

The good news: Democrats didn't sacrifice much to break the GOP filibuster. The bad news: the Wall Street reform bill is still too weak.

Robert Reich: Here's What Real Wall Street Reform Should Look Like

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. April 27, 2010.

Dems are making a final push for Wall Street reform -- this is what citizens should be asking for.

Larry Summers Is Lying About Big Banks

William Greider, The Nation. April 26, 2010.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

How Deregulation Fueled Goldman's Scam

Zach Carter, The Media Consortium. April 20, 2010.

It's good to see Goldman Sachs being held accountable, but better regulations could have prevented the company's subprime scam.

Simon Johnson: Wall Street's Stranglehold on Our Democracy Must Be Broken

Zach Carter, Simon Johnson, AlterNet. April 17, 2010.

The progressive economist talks about the fight to reform Wall Street, what Robert Rubin should do with his money, and why Jamie Dimon is the most dangerous man in America.

10 Ways to Force the Stinking Rich to Share Their Wealth

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 15, 2010.

How rich people can stop whining about the deficit and start paying their taxes.

Move Your Money, But Don't Forget About Credit Unions

Scott Thill, AlterNet. March 9, 2010.

Banking behemoths don't deserve your business. But your local credit union could be the right financial fit.

Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.'s Money

Dean Baker, Boston Review. February 4, 2010.

Big bank CEOs like to trumpet free-market ideology, but they depend on the government for survival in good times and bad.

Obama and Volcker Must Go After the Big Banks

Nomi Prins, AlterNet. January 27, 2010.

Volcker has the right idea, but Obama must take it much further if he wants to protect our economy from Wall Street excess.

Hundreds Converge on Goldman Sachs DC Headquarters

Staff, SEIU AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 16, 2009.

National mobilization continues to demand an end to multi-billion dollar bonuses at bailed out banks and the Too Big To Fail doctrine

Take 'Em Over: The Federal Government Has a Stellar Record of Rescuing Failed Companies and Industries

Philip Longman, Washington Monthly. April 10, 2009.

Think government canâ€™t fix the auto industry? Then how did it manage to fix the railroad industry -- twice?

Too Big to Fail? Take it Over.

Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. April 8, 2009.

Bankers have driven our economy off a cliff. Why hand them the keys again?

'Too Big to Fail' Is Too Big -- Period

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.

Cartoon Makes the Point: Nothing Is Too Big to Fail

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 4, 2009.

Nothing is too big to fail -- and if it is, it shouldn't be private.

Too Big to Fail? You're Doing it Wrong

Alison Jobling, AlterNet AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 16, 2009.

It doesn't take much awareness to notice that market domination is a reality.