Economic Justice
Economic Justice
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Bank Failure Ingredients
Mar 16, 2023
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Presidential Powers Case
Mar 3, 2020 Its ruling on whether to make it easier for the president to fire the consumer financial law enforcement chief could affect other agencies.
3 Crucial Lessons We Failed to Learn From the Great Recession
Sep 17, 2018 Not only have the bankers responsible escaped culpability, but we remain vulnerable to another crash. What's worse, now we have Trump.
Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All at Risk
Sep 13, 2018 These institutions have rigged the markets for the benefit of a select few. The only solution is to make them public utilities.
Student Loan Borrowers Lose an Advocate at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Aug 27, 2018 Seth Frotman, in a scathing resignation letter to acting director Mick Mulvaney, says the agency “has turned its back on young people and their financial futures."
It’s True: Your Boss Is Making More Than You Do. Maybe 3,101 Times More.
Aug 16, 2018 The wage gap is only getting worse, the Economic Policy Institute finds.
Filmmaker-Photographer Lauren Greenfield on Rise of ‘Generation Wealth’ and Fall of the Empire
Jul 19, 2018 Her latest documentary looks at the pathology of greed and fame. “I thought the financial crash was going to teach us," she says. "And yet a lot of people went right back to living the same way as they had before.”
Wall Street’s Biggest Banks Must Be Broken Up
Jun 2, 2018 Why should banks ever be permitted to use customers' deposits—insured by the federal government—to place risky bets on the banks’ own behalf?
One Dire Prediction for Trump’s Tax Cuts Is Already Coming True
May 28, 2018 A disturbing new report finds broad-based wage increases could be a thing of the past.
New Banking Bill Could Lead to More Housing Discrimination
Mar 13, 2018 Tim Kaine, Mark Warner and 10 other Democratic senators are backing Republican reform legislation that helps Wall Street and hurts Main Street.
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