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Simon Johnson says: “Break up the banks”
Andrew Leonard
It's time to get all Teddy Roosevelt on Wall Street, declares the former chief economist of the IMF. Bring out the big antitrust artillery and fire away.
Why does bank nationalization scare Obama?
Andrew Leonard
The White House seems to think that a bank takeover would be "politically explosive." Wrong. Continuing the status quo is far more dangerous.
Why Wall Street needs a Napoleon to shake it up
Andrew Leonard
Or, how "The Count of Monte Cristo" informs our understanding of the financial crisis.
Simon Johnson’s crusade against the oligarchs of Wall Street
Andrew Leonard
The left cheers as a former IMF chief economist preaches "structural adjustments" for the U.S. But didn't "the Washington Consensus" help get the world into its current mess?
Is Obama wrong?
Joan Walsh
Newsweek hypes the Krugman-Obama-Geithner clash and trivializes the real conflict: financial oligarchs vs. the rest of us.
Comparing the U.S. to Russia and Argentina
Glenn Greenwald
A long-time official with Salomon and the IMF warns that we are replicating the same dynamic that caused collapse in other countries.
The economic Civil War
Michael Lind
The South's attempt to kill the North's auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It's time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it.
Salon Radio: Digby on the bailout
Glenn Greenwald
What are the dangers for Democrats in supporting a bailout? And why are they about to do it?
David Brooks thinks he sees a “new establishment” to run economic policy
Glenn Greenwald
The New York Times columnist calls for trust and faith to be vested in the very same people who have wielded power for decades.
Jesse Helms is not dead
Michael Lind
His politics and his methods live on -- among liberals as well as conservatives.
The Gilded Age, past and present
Steve Fraser
The titans of Wall Street have failed us like never before. So why does no one care?
Lawbreaking telecoms still conniving to obtain immunity from Congress
Glenn Greenwald
The Senate Democratic leadership appears more committed than ever to fulfilling Bush's two-pronged demand for warrantless surveillance power and telecom immunity.
Israel’s rising right wing
Gregory Levey
Together, an enigmatic billionaire and a resurgent Bibi Netanyahu could put Israel on the war path. Dick Cheney, AIPAC and Iran are all watching closely.
Hillary’s hard-won experience
Walter Shapiro
In an interview with Salon, the candidate discusses the "vast right-wing conspiracy," being called by her first name, and how long U.S. troops would be in Iraq if she wins in 2008.
From Russia, with regression analysis
Andrew Leonard
No market economy here: An economist crunches some numbers on the rise and fall of oligarchic capitalists in the post-Soviet era.
The readers strike back
Gary Kamiya
Massive online feedback has rocked writers and changed journalism forever. This brave new world is filled with beautiful minds and nasty Calibans and everything in between. Its benefits are undeniable. But do they outweigh its insidious effects?
“The Family That Couldn’t Sleep”
Salon Staff
Read more about D.T. Max's investigation of killer insomnia in the following interview and excerpt.
How bad is he?
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush ran as a moderate, tacked right and governed ineffectually -- before 9/11. Since then he's become the most radical American president in history -- and arguably the worst.
Longer listens: Lewis Lapham
Salon Staff
Freedom and equality: Un-American activities
Andrew O'Hehir
A master historian argues that Reconstruction ideals, far from reflecting America's deepest values, contradicted them
Should I leave grad school to be an activist?
Cary Tennis
I love teaching radical philosophy. But when is it time to practice what I teach?
Fall of the Rovean empire?
Sidney Blumenthal
Drunk on power, the Republican oligarchs overreached. Now their entire project could be doomed.
The know-nothings
Andrew O'Hehir
Pro-business Republicans and the religious right have joined in a frighteningly successful campaign to undermine the findings of science.
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