Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bill Clinton, Boehner, and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a "Summit" and Guess What? It’s All Your Fault
Today a bunch of rich white guys held a "Fiscal Summit" and concluded that: 1. Despite the fact that unemployment is causing untold suffering for...
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bill Clinton, Boehner, and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a "Summit" and Agreed: It’s Your Fault
Today a bunch of rich white guys held a "Fiscal Summit" and agreed that: 1. Despite the fact that unemployment is causing untold suffering for...
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Talking With Krugman: He’s Anti-Austerity, Pro-Peter Gabriel, and "Not That Cosmic"
Paul Krugman's book is called End This Depression Now! (exclamation point included). If that sounds like a self-help book -- the sequel to Listening to Prozac, maybe, or something by Dr. Wayne Dyer -- that's not altogether inappropriate in this age of collective near-despair.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase: Why It’s The Scandal Of Our Time
Most observers are missing the point. When CEO Jamie Dimon announced that JPMorgan Chase had incurred at least $2 billion in losses from risky, unsecured,...
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Will Democrats Embrace American Austerity? Crash This Party and See
Maybe your invitation to billionaire Pete Peterson's "Fiscal Summit" got lost in the mail. Or maybe they really, really didn't want you there.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Sarkozy’s Footsteps: Will the Democrats Be Next?
Democrats should consider Sarkozy's fate a cautionary tale -- and a call to action. If they rally around the cause of growth, jobs, and optimism, the nation will benefit and they'll rewarded at the polls.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is the United States of America. Our pilot and crew are under the influence of unseen forces. Our position is unknown, and our time is growing short. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Will a Young Generation’s Dreams Be Rescued — Or Bundled and Sold on Wall Street?
Banks have been slicing and dicing student loans into derivative financial instruments called "SLABS" -- student-loan asset backed securities. Hey, what could go wrong?
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Social Security and Medicare: Six Common Myths, Debunked
In the coming days and weeks we'll be hearing a lot of misinformation about the Trustees Report from the Social Security Administration. It's time to...
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Social Security and Medicare: Six Common Myths, Debunked
In the coming days and weeks we'll be hearing a lot of misinformation about the Trustees Report from the Social Security Administration. It's time to separate the myths from the realities.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Should We "Means Test" Your Auto Insurance? Then Why Do It For Social Security?
Picture this: You're driving down the road one rainy day as someone bearing an uncanny resemblance to Mitt Romney approaches you from the other direction...
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The White House and Mortgage Fraud: So Far It’s All Talk, No Action
The Obama Administration worked for months on a deal that would have let America's biggest banks off the hook for a crime wave of runaway...
