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Who avoids the most tax and what does that mean for inequality? These were the questions asked by two National Bureau of Economic Research working papers submitted this month ( Tax Evasion and Inequa…
The story of German industry before World War II should sound increasingly familiar to Americans. Industries are being consolidated and a few wealthy men are holding the reins. That alone makes the b…
Gary Cohn Is Giving Goldman Sachs Everything It Ever Wanted From the Trump Administration STEVE BANNON was in the room the day Donald Trump first fell for Gary Cohn. So were Reince Priebus, Jared Kus…
Here, from chapter six of None Dare Call it Conspiracy, “The Rockefellers and the Reds,” is a devastating passage commenting on the period just after the Russian Revolution of 1917: “The Rockefellers…
No matter how much you earn, getting by is still a struggle for most people these days. Seventy-eight percent of full-time workers said they live paycheck to paycheck, up from 75 percent last year, a…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was it…
It’s something Americans should have figured out after the last financial crisis. The source of their misery stems from the policies of the Federal Reserve and international bankers. As usual, though…
There's a great moment in the new History channel miniseries, America's War on Drugs , when a former DEA agent named Celerino Castillo explains why America's crusade to purge drugs from t…
An ambitious bid to replace Republicans’ Dodd-Frank repeal proposal with legislation restoring Glass-Steagall was defeated on Tuesday. The House Rules Committee voted down the bipartisan Glass-Steaga…
We all know the story by now: the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999 led to the housing bubble, the subprime meltdown and the global financial crisis…right? What do we really know about Glass-Steagall …
Nearly eight years into an economic recovery, nearly half of Americans didn’t have enough cash available to cover a $400 emergency. Specifically, the survey found that, in line with what the Fed had …
Tyrel Ventura and Tabetha Wallace welcome comedian and actor Richard Belzer into the Hawk's Nest to discuss his new book on the corporate puppet master’s currently in control Washington D.C., Cor…
An ingenious new Roosevelt Institute study on the influence of money on politics begins with an incredible story about how the world actually works: In the spring of 1987, Paul Volcker’s second term…
President Donald Trump said he’s actively considering a breakup of giant Wall Street banks, giving a push to efforts to revive a Depression-era law separating consumer and investment banking. “I’m lo…
More than a third of Europeans and Americans would be happy to go without cash and rely on electronic forms of payment if they could, and at least 20 percent already pretty much do so, a study showed…