Economic Crisis

The Bailout Bonanza Continues …

Surprise! Another respected Wall Street CEO has been exposed as a greedy jerk.

January 22, 2009 | Read More


No Change Alert: Bailout Hank Hands Off To Bailout Tim

Obama’s choice for Treasury Secretary has a history of letting Wall Street run wild. And he represents “change we can believe in,” how exactly?

January 14, 2009 | Read More


Third Step: You Guessed It, Fire All The Experts!

We know this was also step one and step two. But nobody’s listening!

January 14, 2009 | Read More


Jobbed: Numbers Much Worse Than Reported

Unemployment rose more than twice as much as the press is reporting.

January 9, 2009 | Read More


First Step: Fire All The Experts

We need to stop being surprised when the so-called experts are surprised by how bad things are.

January 8, 2009 | Read More


Stimulus Overload

We’re not the only ones saying that more debt-financed government spending is a bad idea.

January 6, 2009 | Read More


Federal Reserve: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Congress!

Don’t look now but yet another bailout is afoot. But there won’t be any debate in Congress on this one.

January 2, 2009 | Read More


Citigroup Millionaires: We’re Hurting, Too!

We lost billions and sucked up billions more in taxpayer money, so we’re only going to give ourselves itty-bitty bonuses!

January 1, 2009 | Read More


Fed Up Citizens Confront Their Leaders … In Iceland

In Iceland, people spent New Year’s Eve storming a television station to protest their political leaders’ negligence. Here, we all got drunk and wore stupid hats.

January 1, 2009 | Read More


Straight Talk On The Economy–From Half A World Away

If you want the real story of how bad it is here, you have to read an Indian newspaper.

December 29, 2008 | Read More


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