AIG bonuses threaten to sully Obama’s reputation

Fri 20 Mar, AT 12:51 Alexander Cockburn

The president is dancing on the edge of a volcano with denials of knowledge about bonuses at AIG – and he’s already been burned

Empty malls tell real story of great American disaster

Fri 13 Mar, AT 13:10 Alexander Cockburn

Like Roosevelt before him, Barack Obama will be forced to lurch to the left to save the country from wider economic desolation

To turn the recession green

News Wed 4 Mar, AT 14:42

Leaders around the world see the worldwide slump as an opportunity to spend billions on creating ‘green-collar’ jobs as a way of kick-starting their economies

Can Barack Obama really steer the US off the rocks?

Fri 13 Feb, AT 15:30 Alexander Cockburn

As the country goes into meltdown and California prints IOUs, Americans are already questioning if the president can save them

Barack Obama gambles with bold take on Israel

Fri 30 Jan, AT 00:00 Alexander Cockburn

But on the economy the president is just playing the same old tune, helping Wall Street and the banks to enrich themselves further

James Grant, the man who saw the crash coming

News Thu 22 Jan, AT 00:00

The financial journalist who outsmarted the market with his predictions of economic doom believes the worst is yet to come

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