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Save People, Not Bankers

Bailouts go to bankers. Why not help homeowners facing foreclosure instead?
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  09-23-2008  |  Economy
Tags: foreclosures, Wall Street, economic issues, Bear Stearns, Phil Gramm, Lehman Brothers, economic policy

How McCain's Economic Advisor, and Bill Clinton's, Screwed the Economynew

What we're experiencing is not just one of those occasional stock market swoons or interest-rate tangos. What's going on now is a calamity of the sort not seen since the dark days of 1929.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  09-22-2008  |  Economy
Tags: politics, Wall Street, economic issues, Phil Gramm, economists, economic policy, Robert Rubin

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