“Epic in scale, unprecedented in world history.” That is how William K. Black, professor of law and economics and former bank fraud investigator, describes the frauds in which JPMorgan Chase has now been implicated.

Governor Jerry Brown and his staff are exchanging high-fives over balancing California’s budget, but the people on whose backs it was balanced are not rejoicing. The state’s high-wire act has been called “the ultimate in austerity budgets.”

December 23, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance.

December 23rd marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve. Dissatisfaction with its track record has prompted calls to audit the Fed and end the Fed. At the least, Congress needs to amend the Fed, modifying the Federal Reserve Act to give the central bank the tools necessary to carry out its mandates.

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes, a few transnational corporations will soon not only control food, but will also wield undue influence over our environment, economy and health

Costa Rica the only country in the region in which public banking clearly predominates.

Ireland could fix its budget problems by leaving the Eurozone.

What triggered the 2008 crisis was a run, not in the conventional banking system, but in the “shadow” banking system.

What has pushed the USPS into insolvency is an oppressive 2006 congressional mandate that it prefund healthcare for its workers 75 years into the future.