Oct 6, 2009
Weekly Audit: Protect consumers, not Wall Street
Zach Carter
The economy is still getting worse. Foreclosures are surging above last year's epic highs and the unemployment rate marches upwards every month.
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Sep 29, 2009
Weekly Audit: We need a 'People's Bailout'
Zach Carter
Media Consortium Blogger
The economic free-fall is finally slowing down, although nobody expects the recovery to be very pleasant.
Sep 23, 2009
Weekly Audit: Obama's economic hits and misses
Zach Carter
Media Consortium Blogger
Eight months after President Obama was sworn into office, the foreclosure epidemic is even more dire and no laws have been passed to rein in Wall Street.
Sep 8, 2009
Weekly Audit: Cheating workers and pampering CEOs
TMC MediaWire Blogger
Zach Carter
A new study conducted by a team of academics reveals that the majority of workers at the bottom of the economic ladder have been shorted on their paychecks as recently as last week.
Sep 1, 2009
Weekly Audit: Four more years of Bailout Ben
TMC MediaWire Blogger
Zach Carter
After Ben Bernanke allowed an $8 trillion housing bubble to ravage the global economy and nearly destroy the U.S. financial system, President Barack Obama has decided he deserves another term.
Aug 25, 2009
Weekly Audit: EFCA, tax cheats and the racial wealth gap
TMC MediaWire Blogger
Zach Carter
The U.S. economy may finally be bottoming out. But if the worst is really behind us, we are likely facing a painful period of “growth” that looks very much like the present.
Aug 18, 2009
Weekly Audit: Depression-era inequality, only worse
TMC MediaWire Blogger
Zach Carter
A new study by Economist Emmanuel Saez revealed this week that income inequality in the U.S. is more severe today than at any time since World War I.
Aug 11, 2009
Weekly Audit: Fixing the foreclosure problem
TMC MediaWire Blogger
Zach Carter
The U.S. job market may be showing signs of life, according to a report issued by the Labor Department on Friday.
Aug 4, 2009
Weekly Audit: Power to the people's republic
TMC MediaWire Blogger
Sara Luckow
It’s abundantly clear that we can’t rely on the economic elite to represent the people’s interests. Tomorrow’s economic structure must be drastically different if the United States is going to thrive.
Jul 28, 2009
Weekly Audit: Why the rich can't afford to get richer
Zach Carter
If we want our economy to be strong and stable, we have to start thinking about it as a product of community -- not a get rich quick scheme.
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