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    • 12 Ratings
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    Frontline’s “Money, Power & Wall Street”

    MAY 2, 2012 1:18PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: and paul volker, christine romer, joseph stiglitz, robert reich, dodd-frank financial reform act, glass-steagall act, jeb hensarling, larry summers, president barack obama, timothy geithner, episode 3, power & wall street”, “money, frontline documentary, derivatives, wall street abuses, timothy geithner legacy, obama presidency, bank bailout, recession of 2007-09, economic meltdown, finance, economics, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1284 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Small-Government Progressivism

    APRIL 6, 2011 1:06PM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: wall street, regulation, progressives, politics, oil drilling, ideology, government, gay rights, economy, drugs, defense, conservatives, bank bailout

    • 0 Ratings
    • 362 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

    JANUARY 31, 2011 8:37PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, politics news, times square bomb, times square, tarp, state of the union, sarah palin blood libel, roman empire, ritalin, reality tv, obama state of the union, obama, middle class, manufacturing, iraq war, iraq, investment banks, immigration, i-bankers, health care reform, health care, harry truman, halliburton, gulf oil spill, fraud, franklin roosevelt, fdr, environment, energy policy, education reform, education, economy, economic crisis, democracy, british petroleum, bread, blood libel, best practices, barack obama, banks, bank bailout, bailout, arizona shooting, airport security, afghanistan war, afghanistan

    • 0 Ratings
    • 296 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Massive Canadian Bank Bailout By Stealth

    JUNE 2, 2010 12:29AM

    By stickyfeet


    Topics: finance, business, bank bailout, banks, canada

    • 0 Ratings
    • 296 Views
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    Weekly Audit: Wall Street Goes to the Movies

    MAY 11, 2010 12:51PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: wall street crisis, wall street bailout, wall street, unemployment rate, unemployment, the nation, tarp, swaps, subprime mortgage, recession, nick baumann, movie derivatives, mother jones, long term unemployment, juan gonzales, john nichols, jobs crisis, jobs, in these times, great recession, economy, derivatives, democracy now!, david moberg, credit default swaps, consumer financial protection agency, charter schools, cds, bank bailout, alternet, aig

    • 4 Ratings
    • 292 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: How Deregulation Fueled Goldman Sachs’ Scam

    APRIL 20, 2010 12:00PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: wall street reform, wall street fraud, wall street crisis, wall street bailout, too big to fail, the nation, the american prospect, tbtf, subprime, robert reich, recession, nomi prins, nick baumann, mother jones, juan gonzales, hedge funds, greenspan, goldman sachs fraud, goldman sachs, foreclosures, foreclosure crisis, financial reform, financial fraud, derivatives, democracy now!, christopher hayes, bank bailout, bailout, amy goodman, alternet, aig

    • 0 Ratings
    • 188 Views
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    Weekly Audit: Congress to take up financial reform, but will

    APRIL 6, 2010 12:00PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: wall street reform, wall street bailouts, wall street, unemployment rate, unemployment, too big to fail, the nation, tbtf, tarp, steve benen, simon johnson, occ, noam chomsky, mountaintop removal, mother jones, margaret dorfman, jpmorgan chase, jpmorgan, jobs, in these times, financial reform, federal reserve, economy, christopher hayes, chase, cfpa, bank bailouts, bank bailout, bailouts, andy kroll, american forum, alternet

    • 0 Ratings
    • 135 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: The GOP Hates Jobs

    MARCH 2, 2010 11:35AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: unemployment benefits, unemployment, jobs bill, jobs, jim bunning, economy, dean heller, consumer financial protection agency, cfpa, bank bailout, bailouts

    • 15 Ratings
    • 2632 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The False Metaphor Behind the Tea Party Movement

    FEBRUARY 11, 2010 8:49AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: conservatives, george washington, boston tea party, news, politics, tea party, tea party movement, electoral politics 2010, bank bailout, stimulus plan, president obama, no taxation without representation, american revolutionary war, great britain's taxation of the colonies, king george, obama as king, health care reform, deficits

    • 1 Ratings
    • 216 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: Don’t Let Citizens United Wreck Our Economy

    FEBRUARY 2, 2010 11:40AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: tom delay, the nation, tarp, supreme court, predator lending, mother jones, laura flanders, jack abramoff, housing bubble, heather k. gerken, grittv, elizabeth warren, election law, economy, democracy now!, credit default swaps, corporations, corbin hiar, citizens united, campaign finance, campaign contributions, bank bailout, amy goodman, american prospect, alternet, aig bailout, aig

    • 0 Ratings
    • 529 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: Saying 'No' to Corporate America

    NOVEMBER 17, 2009 11:58AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: wall street bailout, wall street, unemployment rate, unemployment, the young turks, the washington monthly, the real news, the nation, steve benen, second stimulus, salon, russ baker, paul jay, obama, lobbyists, lobbying, laura flanders, john perkins, janine wedel, jane d'arista, grittv, economy, economic stimulus package, economic stimulus, economic crisis, confessions of an economic hit man, christopher hayes, chamber of commerce, cenk uygur, barack obama, bank lobby, bank bailout, bailout

    • 1 Ratings
    • 367 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    America, the new emerging market!

    NOVEMBER 1, 2009 1:23PM

    By Average Joe Economics


    Topics: stimulus, recession, unemployment, consumer confidence, stock market, job losses, national debt, trade deficit, television, technology, open call, news, health, food/drink, environment, wall street, business, money, bank bailout, jobs, obama, economy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 359 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Quit whining America, Think Net Income!

    OCTOBER 31, 2009 11:39AM

    By Average Joe Economics


    Topics: stimulus, umemployment, recession, consumer confidence, stock market, job losses, national debt, trade deficit, gossip, television, technology, open call, news, health, food/drink, fashion, animals, carbon footprint, environment, wall street, business, money, bank bailout, jobs, obama, economy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 429 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Bank Bailout Bad Omen For HealthCare Reform

    AUGUST 6, 2009 12:55PM

    By linfar


    Topics: temecula valley bank, interest rates, bank bailout, health care reform, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 385 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    When Trades Go Bad

    JULY 5, 2009 2:15PM

    By Tony Wang


    Topics: hitler, trading, investing, margin call, bank bailout, aig, citi, gold, silver, der untergang, the downfall

    • 0 Ratings
    • 273 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: Obama's Regulation Overhaul Comes Up Short

    JUNE 23, 2009 9:06AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: consumer protection, goldman sachs, citigroup, subprime mortgage boom, office of thrift supervision, office of the comptroller of the currency, federal reserve, bank bailout, treasury department, elizabeth warren, economy newsladder, newsladder, consumer protection agency, financial regulation, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1343 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Could McCain Have Saved the Banks?

    JUNE 12, 2009 5:19PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, tarp, talf, ppip, is bailout one word or two?, economy, bank bailout, bank of america, president barack obama, john mccain, campaign 08, election, economics, repayment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 12375 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Ten Banks Expected to "Fail" Stress Tests

    MAY 6, 2009 2:41AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: is bailout one word or two?, treasury, fed, stress tests, fifth third bancorp, pnc, wells fargo, suntrust, tarp, gmac, us bank, usbancorp, keycorp, key bank, regions financial, boa, bank of america, citibank, citigroup, bank bailout, nationalization, banks

    • 0 Ratings
    • 523 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    How have you served the nation?

    MAY 5, 2009 6:38PM

    By Average Joe Economics


    Topics: economy, obama, stimulus, jobs, bank bailout, money, business, wall street, environment, carbon footprint

    • 4 Ratings
    • 829 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    We Shouldn't have to Legislate Decency!

    APRIL 30, 2009 10:25PM

    By Without a Paddle


    Topics: why should my tax dollars help them if they don't want to help me?, soul-lessness, scum, sharks, ursary, the poor telephone operators in philipines/india etc. who have to carry out heartless policies, scamming the "little" people, bank bailout, ceos, credit card fees, credit card legislation, lloyd wirshba

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