Banks

Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks to Bill Moyers this week about the problems facing middle-class Americans.

Is Americans' inability to acquire a home of their own in a neighborhood that feels safe a personal or a political problem?

Despite the Dodd-Frank Act, the derivatives pyramid has continued to explode to a notional value now estimated to be as high as $2 quadrillion.

It's time to put an end to the financialization insanity that's hurting average people, destroying the American dream, and turning our economy into one big giant casino.

Gerald Epstein says that a fully-implemented Dodd-Frank act does not require a breaking up of the big banks, which is needed to prevent another financial crisis.

One of the favored practices of the banking industry in recent years has been to engage in not merely shameless, but truly deranged hyperbole when anyone dares voice so …

Citigroup must pay a $7 billion settlement for its mortgage-backed securities fraud. It's the largest settlement ever levied by the US Department of Justice.

The establishment types in Washington have become really worried in recent weeks because one of their major troughs, the Export-Import Bank, may not be reauthorized by Congress.

If we're serious about helping out the millions of Americans who still struggle to keep a roof over their heads, then we need to be doing a lot more …

Why do individual borrowers so rarely ever win in cases against banks in spite of the evidence of massive frauds systematically perpetrated by banks? Is there a case for …