Tag Archives: Wall Street

Elizabeth Warren: Too Big to Fail has become Too Big for Trial

By Mark | February 14, 2013

This, my friends, is why we worked so damned hard to get Elizabeth Warren into the Senate, and on the Banking Committee. Shot this morning at a Banking Committee hearing titled “Wall Street Reform: Oversight of Financial Stability and Consumer and Investor Protections,” this video demonstrates, better than any campaign ad ever could, just why [...]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged big banks, Elizabeth Warren, jury trial, justice, regulation, Senate, Wall Street deregulation, Wall Street reform | 12 Comments

Pete Larson on the financialization of agricultural commodities

By Mark | September 26, 2012

One of our regular contributors, my old friend Pete Larson, who many of you had the pleasure of seeing perform at this site’s 10th anniversary party a few weeks ago, is going to be speaking in Ann Arbor on Thursday about the financialization of agricultural commodities. I took the occasion to ask him a few [...]

Posted in Agriculture, Economics | Also tagged agricultural commodities, Agriculture, big ag, College Truth Tour, commoditization, Cuba, deregulation, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, economic crash, financial industry, financial reform, food crisis, food prices, healthy food access, hedge funds, Herman Cain, Howard Stein, human rights, Joe Stiglitz, New World Ecology and Agriculture Group, NWEAG, Pete Larson, pork, Richard Levins, Science For the People, scientists, speculation, stock market, supply and demand, sustainable agriculture, University of Michigan | 14 Comments

Because I haven’t the energy to write anything tonight that’s even remotely interesting… I give you a 19 year old Jennifer Granholm on the Dating Game

By Mark | September 13, 2012

I was searching for footage of Debbie Stabenow on the first season of Temptation Island, but this is as close as I could come.

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Pop Culture | Also tagged 1978, Dating Game, Federal Reserve, fiscal policy, fiscal responsibility, inflation, Jennifer Granholm, QE, stimulus, Wall Street bailouts | 26 Comments

Bernie Sanders on the threat of oligarchy and why we need to push Obama harder on reform

By Mark | September 9, 2012

I know I should be typing up my notes about last night’s 10th anniversary party, but I’m watching Bill Moyers interview Bernie Sanders, and I’m finding it difficult to work up the motivation to do anything more than just sob and gnash my teeth. You can find the whole transcript by following this link, but [...]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bernie Sanders, Bill Moyers, Bush tax cuts, dialing for dollars, inauguration day, Mitt Romney, money in politics, Obama, oligarchy, protests, social security, Van Jones, wealth inequality | 21 Comments

We need to come together the same way we did when we crushed SOPA, and pass the DISCLOSE Act on Monday

By Mark | July 14, 2012

As of right now, it looks as though the DISCLOSE Act is set to go before the Senate for a cloture vote on Monday afternoon. If you haven’t done so already, I’d appreciate it if you would join me in signing the petition now. And, if you have the time, it would great if you [...]