Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.
Dodd-Frank
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You Can’t Be Serious: Debunking The Dangerous Arguments Against Dodd-Frank
Dodd-Frank, however imperfect, isn’t just about protecting average folks from reckless, predatory finance. It’s also about protecting Big Finance from itself.
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Bernie and the Big Banks
The recent kerfluffle about Bernie Sanders purportedly not knowing how to bust up the big banks says far more about the threat Sanders poses to the Democratic establishment and its Wall Street wing than it does about the candidate himself.
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Green Light for City-Owned San Francisco Bank
Do taxpayers want to have their public money in a bank that has been proven to be defrauding them? San Francisco may be leading the way toward creating a municipal bank that is in the public's interest.
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CEO Pay 1,795-to-1 Multiple of Wages Skirts U.S. Law
Almost three years after Congress ordered public companies to reveal actual CEO-to-worker pay ratios under the Dodd-Frank law, the numbers remain unknown.
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Remake the Fed, Build Public Banks — and Opt Out of Wall Street
Should the Federal Reserve remain in private hands?
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"Look away, America!": The Corporate Bait and Switch
The rich count on Americans being so distracted that they don’t focus on record corporate profits and offshore accounts.
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When Our "Government of Laws" Is Above the Law
Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws.
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The Riskiest Banks are Still Those We Bailed Out
Bailed-out banks continued to be riskier than non-bailed out banks, even after they received taxpayer dollars during the financial crisis of 2008.
