Open Salon

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • Topics
  • Help
  • Join now
  • Sign in
 
  • Editor's Pick
  • Top Rated
  • Most Viewed
  • Most Commented
  • Most Recent
  • animals
  • belief/religion
  • books
  • business
  • comedy
  • design
  • economy
  • environment
  • family
  • fashion
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • food/drink
  • for sale
  • gay/lesbian
  • gossip
  • health
  • movies
  • music
  • news
  • open call
  • photography
  • poetry
  • politics
  • science
  • sports
  • technology
  • television
  • travel
  • video
Posted by
    • 24 Ratings
    • 452 Views
    • 23 Comments
    User picture.

    Put My Body on Which Gears?

    MAY 8, 2012 12:42AM

    By Brassawe


    Topics: put your body on the gears, mario savio, consumer citizen, consumer goods, consumer price index, consumer credit, consumer spending, consumer debt, consumer reports, consumer protection, consumer confidence, growth capitalism, consumerism, consumer capitalism, consumer choice, lewis lapham

    • 0 Ratings
    • 128 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    My Look Into the Evil World of Spamming

    JANUARY 21, 2012 2:46PM

    By UncoolMomDotCom


    Topics: consumer protection, internet safety, kids, parenting, technology, family

    • 1 Ratings
    • 342 Views
    • 2 Comments
    User picture.

    Think we are over regulated? Facts prove otherwise.

    JUNE 22, 2011 12:09PM

    By myles spicer


    Topics: regulation, consumer protection, politics, business

    • 1 Ratings
    • 258 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    Think we are over regulated? Facts prove otherwise.

    JUNE 22, 2011 11:57AM

    By myles spicer


    Topics: business, politics, consumer protection, regulation

    • 10 Ratings
    • 370 Views
    • 17 Comments
    User picture.

    A Conservative Manifesto

    NOVEMBER 21, 2010 7:16AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: wiretaps, wall street, torture, terrorism, taxes, politics, outsourcing, oil drilling, military, middle class, jobs, government, gay rights, gay marriage, financial crisis, drug legalization, defense, corporate power, consumer protection, conservatives, confirmation bias, climate change, christianity, bp, bible, airport security, abortion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 144 Views
    • 1 Comments
    User picture.

    Weekly Audit: Can Elizabeth Warren Save the Economy?

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 11:41AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: wall street, tim fernholz, the washington independent, the nation, the american prospect, regulation, recession, poverty, obama, mother jones, mortgage crisis, kevin drum, kai wright, jobs, inequality, foreclosures, elizabeth warren, economy, economic inequality, consumer protection, annie lowrey

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1407 Views
    • 2 Comments
    User picture.

    About some people you and I know

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 9:20PM

    By Dave Niose


    Topics: corporate personhood, supreme court, corporate power, humanism, consumer protection, capitalism, socialism, economics, law, politics, corporations

    • 2 Ratings
    • 189 Views
    • 2 Comments
    User picture.

    Buyer Beware: Consumer Finance

    FEBRUARY 23, 2010 3:06PM

    By Monika Mitchell


    Topics: ralph nader, elizabeth warren, financial regulatory reform, financial regulation, financial reform, financial markets regulation, consumer rights, consumer protection, consumer financial protection agency, consumer finance

    • 0 Ratings
    • 354 Views
    • 2 Comments
    User picture.

    Single Mothers Considering College Be Wary , Be VERY Wary !

    FEBRUARY 2, 2010 10:02AM

    By MacKeachanfromKeach


    Topics: politics, business, student loans, college, consumer protection

    • 4 Ratings
    • 950 Views
    • 9 Comments
    User picture.

    Update on Discover Card Abuses

    DECEMBER 23, 2009 11:09AM

    By sagemerlin


    Topics: open call, discover card, credit card abuse, bank fraud, consumer protection

    • 19 Ratings
    • 1805 Views
    • 19 Comments
    User picture.

    Discover Card Scams To Watch Out For

    DECEMBER 21, 2009 1:19PM

    By sagemerlin


    Topics: business, finance, fraud, discover card, consumer protection, senior affairs, open call

    • 1 Ratings
    • 282 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    Don't Get Mad at the Banks, Get Even!

    NOVEMBER 17, 2009 8:30PM

    By Angela Toussaint


    Topics: family, business, mortgage, foreclosure, consumer protection, banks, homeowners, show me the note

    • 1 Ratings
    • 264 Views
    • 3 Comments
    User picture.

    Politicians Have Filled the Pipeline with Pain for Americans

    NOVEMBER 15, 2009 10:13PM

    By AmericanMuser


    Topics: politics, financial institution, bank, consumer protection, interest rate, lender, right, left, republican, democrat, regulation, mortgage, credit card, bankruptcy, senator chris dodd

    • 0 Ratings
    • 349 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    Weekly Audit: Save Jobs, Save the Economy

    OCTOBER 13, 2009 11:55AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: barack obama, cfpa, consumer financial protection agency, consumer protection, economy, financial regulation, obama, predatory lending, second stimulus, stimulus, stimulus package, unemployment, unemployment rate, wall street, wall street reform

    • 0 Ratings
    • 251 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 318 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    Weekly Audit: Reining in the Subprime Scoundrels

    JUNE 16, 2009 10:05AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: financial regulation, recession, economic struggles, banking industry, financial structure, federal reserve, consumer protection, subprime mortgage crisis, bailouts, tarp, fdic, goldman sachs, morgan stanley, american express, credit cards, foreclosure, unemployment rate, racial wealth gap, employee free choice act, newsladder, economy newsladder

    • 0 Ratings
    • 261 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    Weekly Audit: Ending the Economic Status Quo

    JUNE 9, 2009 9:26AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: stimulus package, tax cuts, employee free choice act, chris dodd, consumer credit products, interest rates, mortgage-backed securities, consumer protection, predatory lending laws, finance lobby, unions, banking industry, subprime mortgages, payday loans, economy newsladder, newsladder, banking lobby

    • 0 Ratings
    • 330 Views
    • 0 Comments
    User picture.

    Weekly Audit: Curbing Credit Card Abuses

    APRIL 28, 2009 9:07AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: unemployment call centers, ben nelson, shareholder dividends, executive compensation, student loan subsidies, banking industry, consumer protection, legislation, recession, federal reserve, high-interest loans, predatory interest rates, abusive fees, consumers, newsladder, stimulus plan newsladder, economy newsladder, barack obama, credit card indutry

    • 15 Ratings
    • 6337 Views
    • 27 Comments
    User picture.

    Hair-Trigger Credit Card "Default Rates"

    OCTOBER 6, 2008 10:51PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: bankruptcy, unemployment, consumer protection, protection, stopgap measures, interim measures, emergency measures, usury, loans, interest, default rate, rates, rate, credit card, credit, bailout, economy, politics

  • Open Salon
  • About
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Advertising

Salon.com

© 2012 Salon Media Group, Inc.