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The Social Value of Finance
What is missing, Rahman argues, is any actual consideration of the social value of finance in general and financial innovation in particular.
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Unequal Justice
The SCHR alone has repeatedly sued the state of Georgia for underfunding its public defender system to the point where defendants lack any reasonable semblance of representation.
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Prosperity for Main Street, Not Wall Street
The key reason that communities are struggling is the huge burden of interest payments that are flowing to the big banks.
Now We Know: JPMorgan Chase Is Worse Than Enron
It's beginning to look as if JPMorgan Chase has had a hand in every major banking scandal of the last decade.
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Jim Hightower: Geithner Gets a Perch on Wall Street
The former Treasury Secretary is proof the Washington-to-Wall-Street revolving door serves the interests of bankers, not the public.
Loathsome Wall Street Deficit Hysterics: “Blame the Old and Sick, Not Us” – Part 1
The austerity push by politicians, political operatives, and pundits of the last 5 years is the height of economic, political, and social perversity and stupidity.
Populism Rising?
If the populist movement spreads, it wonu2019t be a Beltway phenomenon. As Occupy demonstrated, it will disrupt business as usual.
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Talking with Jesus
Jesus spoke with me last night.
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One Hundred Years Is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
December 23rd, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
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A Ploy to Dilute the Democratic Party’s Message
While Third Way wears a Democratic mask, it pushes for policies that are Wall Street fantasies, including gutting and privatizing Social Security.