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


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