My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...
My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...
Christmas began early on August 27 for equity lovers, when Santa Ben unveiled his plans for QE2 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Standard and Poor's 500...
The robo-sign scandal gives states an opening, and the leverage, to enact consumer protection laws to make progress on the foreclosure crisis.
The Big Banks Bonus Bonanza report makes the case strongly for an economic play that would give the country a far bigger economic boost than anything Obama is going to be able to get out of Congress in the next two years.
I refuse to support a bill that would grow the deficit by $23 billion to provide an average tax break of more than $1.5 million to only 6,600 families a year.
America must now lead and ask the world to agree on a modern Marshall Plan that coordinates trade and macroeconomic policies to boost global growth.
It's time to cut the corn, Congress, and come clean, for the sake of your own constituents, and our economy.
Here we are in December 2010 having a debate about "tax reform" that hasn't even touched on a financial transactions tax and a tax on hedge funds. Help me out here. How is this possible?
We've seen behind the curtain, as the Fed waved its magic liquidity wand over Wall Street. Now it's time to enlist this tool in the service of the people.
You can't fault the president for showing a little love to America's corporate leaders, but there is one small problem here: The entire premise of the meeting is wrong. What is good for General Motors or General Electric or IBM is no longer necessarily good for America.
Today, a cross-section of distinguished Latino leaders from across the political spectrum, as well as in business, government, public service, enterta...
What should we think about our most recent financial reform package, which has staggered from Congress under the unwieldy name of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?
The voters spoke in November. In the coming months, it will be the unions' time to have our voices heard. Together, we can bring New York and all of America to a better and brighter future.
Will lower taxes on the rich spur them to create more jobs? Not a chance. Since 1980, Reagan's supply-siders have said lower taxes on the rich will trickle down to everyone else. Nothing could be further from the truth.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go; Take a look in Tiffany's store, glistening once again With Wall Street bonus trinkets a...
By design, Wall Street created a home finance system that is both unable to accommodate borrower distress and that is strongly incentivized to foreclose as soon as possible.
Banks keeping competitors out and price information to themselves are using tactics designed to maximize profits, but there's nothing free market about those tactics. It's up to the government to "free" the market, but so far it's failed.
The volume of progressive moping lately has been staggering -- otherwise sane progressives vowing to not vote in 2012 or to somehow conjure up a viable primary challenger is a great way to elect Awful Republican President X.
Some younger readers might need a refresher course in the workings of a thing called the Soviet Union. Republican apologists for Wall Street are doing their best to provide one.
It seems the words "good news" and "banking" haven't gone in the same sentence since the start of the financial crisis. But in truth, there were many positive banking developments this year.