- The Best Quotes From Guests at Romney's Hamptons Fundraisers
- Romney Donor Says 'Lower Income' People 'Don't Understand What’s Going On'
- Texas spends $25 million rebuilding mansion as Gov. Perry seeks cuts
- Actually, We Shouldn’t Soak the Poor
- Brooks: Why Our Elites Stink NYT
- Obama to call for one-year extension of some Bush tax rates--"President Obama will call for a one-year extension of the George W. Bush-era tax rates for people who earn less than $250,000 per year."
- Why Letting the Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich Expire Will Not Hurt the Economy
- One Chart That Shows What The Bush Tax Cut Battle Is All About
- Republicans Were Wrong in 1993 On The Effect Of Upper-Income Tax Increases
- François Hollande keeps election promise of raising taxes for wealthiest
- Banks face billions more in Libor losses--Check out what's behind the Libor scandal (NYT).
- Libor: Who lost out when the rate was fixed?
- New York Fed Was Aware of False Reporting on Rates--It seems as far back as 2007. NYT
- Bob Diamond to receive £2m payout--"Ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond will receive his salary and benefits worth in excess of £2m, but has given up bonuses worth up to £20m after resigning amid the bank Libor scandal."
- New York Times, Gretchen Morgenson Applaud British, Issue Challenge To American Regulators Over LIBOR Scandal
- Rules of American justice: An American banker is shocked to be held accountable in Britain Salon
- The Libor Scandal and Capitalism's Moral Decay
- Too big to fail - too lofty to learn?--"With investigators zeroing in on over a dozen big banks in the Libor rate rigging scandal, the timing couldn't be better for a structural overhaul of Europe’s banking sector. Not so fast, says the banking lobby."
- Time for 'Banksters' to be prosecuted--Why aren't more of them behind bars?
- Dimon Faces Image 'Nightmare' With Energy Probe at JPM--"JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) (JPM)’s refusal to turn over e-mails in a federal probe of potential energy-market manipulation is the latest challenge for Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon as the bank faces multiple investigations."
- JPMorgan's trading loss: $5.8 billion--How'd Dimon hide $6 billion in losses?
- Bailed-out AIG sues US government for $30M
- Brian Cox: Bank bailout costlier than UK science 'since Jesus'
- Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy
- The price of gold has been manipulated. This is more scandalous than Libor
- David Stockman economy Q&A: Economic disaster in the works
- Is Congress to blame for a downshifting US economy?--"Evidence is mounting that the economy is taking a hit because Congress can't – or won't – deal with the 'fiscal cliff' looming at year's end. The fight on Capitol Hill last summer over the national debt limit also took an economic toll."
- The Road to More Jobs--"[I]t was the Republicans’ relentless opposition to constructive policies that has kept unemployment high, from their resistance to the 2009 stimulus to their blockage of Mr. Obama’s proposed $450 billion jobs bill in late 2011. " NYT
- 14 reasons why this is the worst Congress ever
- George H.W. Bush Challenges GOP On No-Tax Pledge: 'Who The Hell Is Grover Norquist, Anyway?'
- Jobs Are Not Enough
- The Incredible Shrinking Pay Raise: Wages Can't Keep Up With Inflation
- Forced Labor on American Shores--"It is time to banish the idea that forced labor and sweatshop exploitation are problems of bygone eras or distant countries. These conditions exist within America’s borders." NYT
- Three Ways the Rich and Powerful Have Cheated Young Americans
- The young don't buy into propaganda of war between generations--"Despite efforts to portray Social Security and Medicare as giveaways to undeserving seniors that rip off the young, some young people believe they must work with older people to make the programs work."
- Drum: We Make More Money Than Our Parents, But We Aren't as Rich
