Ian Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking
The £1 billion HBOS Reading fraud, my part in exposing it, and what it tells us about the state of British banking
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The Term “Deep State” in Focus: Usage Examples, Definition, and Phrasebook
Definitions of “Deep State” compared and synthesized into a definition, with usage examples.
Read more...The Opioid Epidemic and the Face of Long-Term Unemployment
The role the opioid epidemic plays in long-term unemployment.
Read more...Why Extreme Inequality Causes Economic Collapse
A look at how rising inequality becomes systemically destructive.
Read more...Wearing White: What Resistance Looks Like in America’s Heartland
A labor struggle in South Bend as a window into unions’ ongoing resistance to corporate greed.
Read more...Grantham: ‘Twas Capitalism That Killed Capitalism
How capitalism became disconnected from social good, leading to hope for a “strong leader” will take on the rich and powerful.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Field Notes from the Battle Within the Democratic Party
Needless to say, the real war within the Democratic party is about who gets to feed at the trough.
Read more...No, Trump Isn’t Imploding — But the Opposition Is Broad and Intense
A look beyond the headline noise to gauge how Trump is faring with the public
Read more...Euroland: Will the Netherlands Be the Next Domino To Fall?
The upcoming elections in the Netherland demonstrate how austerity is stoking anti-elitist, anti-Euro sentiments.
Read more...Trump’s and Hensarling’s Fact-Free Attack on Dodd Frank
Debunking Republican canards about Dodd Frank.
Read more...Los Angeles Times Calls Out CalPERS Board for “Trying to Muzzle” the One Director Who “Asks Tough Questions”
The Los Angeles Times weighs in on a story we broke. It sharply criticizes CalPERS trustees for trying to gag their most effective member.
Read more...Mark Blyth on How Liberalism Undermined Democracy and the Failure of the Democratic Party
Mark Blyth gives another astute, sobering reading of US and international politics.
Read more...Cruz’s Plan to End State Regulation of Health Insurers Would Nationalize Worst Market Practices
Dean Baker discusses why some Republican health care fixes are anything but.
Read more...“Hedge Fund Industry Gets Critical Trustee Defeated in Election”
Hedge funds score another win over sound public pension fund governance.
Read more...Ilargi: The Media – Fake and False and Just Plain Nonsense
On political and media hypocrisy.
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