Opinion
OPINION: Finances and the current crisis: How did we get here and what is the way out? Part 2
October 1, 2008The turmoil in financial markets and the bailout to the tune of $700 billion has turned the public eye and wrath on Wall Street and Washington. While millions are aware of the triggering causes, ranging from...
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OPINION: Finances and the current crisis: How did we get here and what is the way out? Part 1
September 28, 2008In a vote that was heard around the world, reactionary Republicans along with some progressive Democrats in the House torpedoed a bill to stabilize financial markets. The compromise deal was better than what was initially proposed...
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Save Main Street not Wall Street!
September 26, 2008The Bush administration has proposed a massive bailout plan of at least $700 billion (maybe as much as $1.7 trillion) to stabilize the financial system amid the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Treasury Secretary...
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LETTERS: September 23
September 26, 2008Wrong? In your introduction to your online “A complete guide to the Wall Street crisis” you say: “The week of September 15, 2008 has been a dramatic and unprecedented period in the world of high finance....
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OPINION: Ramming through the bailout
September 24, 2008Bush, Paulson make Dillinger look like a Boy Scout As the Bush administration attempts to ram a bailout package of nearly one trillion dollars through Congress, it begins to feel like Colonel Sanders asking the public...
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