Featured Contributors
Dollar, Paul Krugman
There is a huge difference between having legitimate buyers of our bonds and just having the Fed monetize the debt. 
How the Economy was Lost, Doomed by the Myths of Free Trade 1
Bio: Economist
The American economy has gone away. It is not coming back until free trade myths are buried six feet under.
Laws for Sale 1
Bio: Former
Senator (D-SC)
The Supreme Court's decision to allow unlimited corporate cash to buy political power through unlimited political spending is exactly what we in the Congress tried to prevent in 1971 and 1974 when we limited spending in political campaigns.
U.S. Mortgage Fraud Remains at Epidemic Levels 2
Bio: Economist
and author
The FBI will not have the additional necessary assets to investigate much more of this fraud because the Obama administration has requested of Congress only enough additional funds to hire 50 new special agents and 91 professional support staff.
The Dow and the Down and Out
The United States is in a unique historical position. People on top are doing extraordinarily well, but in the real world the middle class is collapsing.
