Rachel Maddow talks to Joe Stiglitz, Frank Rich about income inequality (video)
Joe Stiglitz and Frank Rich discuss why a booming Wall Street is having little impact on income inequality.
The moral environment on Wall Street is pathological — money rules all
This has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans. The corrupting influence of Wall Street is everywhere.
Fox thinks poverty in America is too sexy
Fox News has a discussion about how America has so many poor because it’s too “comfortable” an option.
Shareholder proposes Goldman Sachs run for office as a person
Goldman’s shareholder was sick and tired of the company’s shadowy role in spending millions lobbying Washington.
Credit Suisse profits plummet 24%, cuts 2,300 jobs, then gives CEO & chairman 33% raise
It’s nice to know 2,300 employees were willing to sacrifice their careers to pay for two men’s 33% pay raise.
When even Republicans start hating on the Big Banks, is it time to finally break them up?
With criticism of the Big Banks coming from all sides, breaking them up may actually be a (slim) possibility.
Elizabeth Warren: Too-big-to-fail banks get $83bn/year subsidy. Why?
Warren asks the questions that most in DC won’t. It’s not polite dinner conversation to question the 1%.
Jack Lew confirmed; Wall Street always gets it man
Washington is too co-opted by Wall Street to care about banks that are too big to fail.
Too-big-to-fail banks’ profits almost entirely paid for by taxpayers
“In large part, the profits they report are essentially transfers from taxpayers to their shareholders.”
Geithner’s replacement at Treasury, Lew, stashed money in Cayman Islands
How patriotic, using offshore investments in the Caymans to shield himself from paying US taxes.



