We learn from Samuel Brittan’s column in the Financial Times today that when Winston Churchill was the U.K.’s chancellor of the exchequer in 1925, he wrote in a letter to a British Treasury official that he’d like to see “finance less proud and industry more secure.”
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Obama Blasts Congress for ‘In God We Trust’ Vote
“What have you guys been debating?”
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Has Occupy Wall Street Affected Anything?
It might have changed the conversation, at least a bit.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Strike While It’s Hot
Will #OccupyOakland succeed in shutting down the city?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Half-Right Brooks
The disintegration of working-class families is no accident.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Limit Leverage!
Simple banking rules could prevent collapses like Jon Corzine’s MF Global.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Ties That Blind
A belief in American pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps mythology lies at the heart of conservative attacks on the 99 percent.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Obama’s Wheel and Deal
The administration’s recent trade agreement with Korea, Colombia, and Panama is expected to destroy more than 200,000 American jobs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Scary Guide to the GOP Tax Plans
We rate the Republican candidates’ tax plans on a creepy Herman Cain grin meter.
