William Greider is a former Washington Post and Rolling Stone editor, and now writes for the Nation. Greider has written numerous books and articles on the economy over the course of many decades, including the leading book on the Federal Reserve, Secr…
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Leading Journalist Confirms that Government Could Take Over the Power of Money-Creation for the Public Good
July 20th, 2009 |
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The week ahead
July 19th, 2009 |
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Iraq’s Kurds go to the polls, and other news
• THE chairman of America’s Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, delivers his semi-annual monetary-policy testimony to the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, DC, on Tuesday July 21st. Mr Bernanke may shed more light on how far he believes that America is bouncing back from the financial crisis and economic downturn. Mr Obama recently spoke of signs that the “economic storm” is waning and Timothy Geithner, his treasury secretary, has talked about “very encouraging” indications that confidence is returning to the financial system. The administration has decided not to bail out CIT, a struggling commercial lender, reinforcing its own confidence that the financial system can withstand a bankruptcy filing that could come soon.
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Giannoulias Fundraising Leads Senate Candidates
July 17th, 2009 |
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Giannoulias’ exploratory committee has about $1.6 million to spend on the 2010 election, according to papers filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.
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“The Federal Government Works for Goldman and Not for Us”
July 16th, 2009 |
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Veteran reporter Robert Scheer writes today:The federal government works for Goldman and not for us.Is Scheer’s claim over the top?Well, the assistant secretary of the Treasury under Reagan (and former senior Wall Street Journal editor) Paul Craig Robe…
Michael Markarian: Strong Federal Law Brings the Hammer Down on Dogfighters
July 13th, 2009 |
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The flagrant disregard that dogfighters routinely show for society’s norms was replaced by the snap of handcuffs and the slap of 30 or so arrest warrants.
Jerry Capeci: Slain Wiseguy Linked To Murder Plot Against Federal Prosecutor
July 13th, 2009 |
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The Bonanno crime family mobster who was whacked in a pre-dawn hit in Staten Island as he waited for a bus to take him to…
The Fed’s “Independence” Argument is False
July 10th, 2009 |
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The Fed’s main argument against an audit by Congress is that it would interfere with the Fed’s “independence”.For example, in his Congressional testimony yesterday – entitled “Federal Reserve independence” – the vice chair of the Fed used the “i” word …