Insuring Bankers’ Bonuses
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 6th, 2009 5:34 am by HL
Insuring Bankers’ Bonuses
Here’s what we know so far about the plans for the US banking system that Tim Geithner will unveil next week. The heart of the scheme will, most likely, be an insurance arrangement, in which the government (part Treasury and…
Senate Republicans and the Stimulus: Playing Politics When the Economy Burns
Tomorrow’s job report is likely to be awful. January’s job losses could easily top half a million. We’re deep into the most vicious of economic cycles: Consumers are slashing their spending because they’re perilously in debt and worried about keeping…
Demanding Transparency in Federal and State Recovery Spending
With the federal government about to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars to the states, with many of those funds going to private contractors, a broad-based, bi-partisan coalition of organizations has come together in a Coalition for an Accountable Recovery…