Economic Crisis
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
Sifting Through The Ashes Of The Crash
A new book digs up painful lessons from recent economic collapses.
December 29, 2008 | Read More
Senator Chris Dodd Still Thinks We’re Stupid
Everyone knows he made a mint on discounted mortgages while neglecting to regulate the mortgage industry. The least he could do is tell the truth about it.
December 23, 2008 | Read More
On Bailouts, Bonuses, And Context
Three news stories, from three different sources, tell the real story of the Wall Street bailout.
December 22, 2008 | Read More
Frying Pan, Meet Fire
An expert in financial disasters looks at the future of the U.S. economy.
December 19, 2008 | Read More
Madoff And Blagojevich: The Ultimate Patsies
When there is an absolute vacuum of responsibility, the “little people” look for fall guys. And we’ve found two perfectly vile candidates.
December 19, 2008 | Read More
Outsourcing Our Economy
A spoof column announces that we are officially outsourcing economics policy to Asia. It’s a funny idea, but disturbingly close to reality.
December 8, 2008 | Read More
