Category Archives: Banana republic

Bill Black: How Many Lies Can the WSJ Pack into a Chart on Liar’s Loans?

Bill Black is not happy about the revisionist history on liar’s loans. And separately, this piece is a useful exercise in the critical reading of narratives.

The North Korean Connections of US Billionaire Naguib Sawiris and US Defence Company Contrack Watts

US Billionaire Naguib Sawiris and his Contrack Watts, a major US defence contractor, turn out to have ties to North Korea, via an amazingly profitable mobile phone company

Clinton Campaign Goes on Tilt as a Result of Dead Heat With Sanders in Iowa

The Clinton campaign is on the back foot. And it is a spectacle to behold.

The Middle East as America’s New Vietnam

There are obvious similarities between the US misadventures in the Middle East and our failed intervention in Vietnam. Yet the comparison is seldom made.

Gaius Publius: A Non-Neoliberal Woman President Is Not One of the Choices

Hillary as a neoliberal is not your friend….unless you are a member of the 1% or on their meal ticket.

Does Better Internet Access Wind Up Disenfranchising Lower Income Groups?

As counterintuitive as it seems, reducing the “digital divide” may not be the plus its advocates assumed it was, if the UK experience is any guide.

Another Hillary Falsehood: She Didn’t Tell Banks to “Cut it Out” Pre Crisis; She Blamed Homeowners

Hillary Clinton’s nose is getting so long that she needs to get a hacksaw.

Bill Black: Announcing the Bank Whistleblowers’ Group’s Initial Proposals

Bill Black is spearheading an important initiative by bank whistleblowers to combat fraud and other abuses by banks.

Low-Income Housing Shows How Tax Credits Funnel Dollars to the Wealthy Under the Guise of Benefits to the Poor

How tax credits to subsidize social programs like low income housing are really welfare for the rich.

Flint: Let Them Drink Pollution?

Why the crisis in Flint, Michigan is about race and class, and the American nightmare of metastasizing inequality of wealth and power.

Krugman’s Cowardly, Dishonest Attack on David Dayen Over Krugman’s Misrepresentation of Sanders’ Financial Reforms

Paul Krugman’s recent posts have been most peculiar. Several have looked uncomfortably like special pleading for political figures he likes, notably Hillary Clinton.

Are Economists in Denial About What’s Driving the Inequality Trainwreck?

Today’s richest Americans may soon blow past the tycoons of the Roaring Twenties.

The Implications of Foreign Minister Lavrov’s Snub of Victoria Nuland

The reign of neocons, as symbolized by State Department Victoria Nuland’s “Fuck the EU” remark, may be past its sell-by date.

Andrew Bacevich: Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, etc., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked

In the realm of national security, election 2016 promises to be not just a missed opportunity but a complete bust.

Bill Black: Wall Street Declares War Against Bernie Sanders

The attacks on Sanders from Wall Street are getting ever more shrill….about time the felt some heat.