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Commentary Weissman: The IMF Accountability Moment

Commentary, June, 15 2009 Robert Weissman
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Seeking to avoid a direct up-or-down vote on a proposal to send $108 billion to the International Monetary Fund, the administration, at the last moment, had the money stuck into a supplemental appropriations bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afgha...

Znet Article Weissman: GM Nationalization: The Path Not Taken, Choices Still Ahead

Znet Article, June, 07 2009 Robert Weissman
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Whatever the woes of General Motors -- and they are substantial -- it does not follow that the government needed to drive the company into bankruptcy. With at least $50 billion in government supports undergirding the new GM, the Obama administrati...

Znet Article Weissman: Bankrupt Thinking

Znet Article, June, 07 2009 Robert Weissman
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What in the world is the Obama administration thinking? The GM bankruptcy -- entirely avoidable -- seems designed to hurt every constituency it is supposed to assist.

Znet Article Weissman: No Blank Check for the IMF

Znet Article, April, 13 2009 Robert Weissman
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This month's G20 meeting ended with one overriding tangible agreement: A commitment by the rich countries to provide more than $1 trillion in assistance (mostly in the form of loans) to developing countries.

Znet Article Weissman: What if the Obama Administration Treated Detroit like Wall Street?

Znet Article, April, 11 2009 Robert Weissman
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What if the Obama administration treated the auto industry like Wall Street?

Commentary Weissman: What if the Obama Administration Treated Detroit like Wall Street?

Commentary, April, 05 2009 Robert Weissman
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Why the tough love for Detroit and kid gloves for Wall Street? Wall Street has bought its gentle treatment through a long-term investment in Washington.

Commentary Weissman: Wall Street's Best Investment II: 12 Deregulatory Steps to Financial Meltdown

Commentary, March, 08 2009 Robert Weissman
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Over the 1998-2008 period, the financial sector spent more than $5 billion on U.S. federal campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures.

Commentary Weissman: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Commentary, January, 03 2009 Robert Weissman
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What a year for corporate criminality and malfeasance!

Znet Article Weissman: Auto Bailout: Ecological Sustainability Before Economic Viability

Znet Article, December, 19 2008 Robert Weissman
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The $17.4 billion in loans for GM and Chrysler is not going to be enough to rescue the industry -- but it will keep these companies going until the next administration takes office.

Znet Article Weissman: One Thriving Sector: The Business of War

Znet Article, December, 12 2008 Robert Weissman
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Across the nation, companies are lopping off hundreds of thousands of jobs, retailers are shuttering stores, and automakers are tottering on the edge of bankruptcy.

Commentary Weissman: Nationalize GM -- Or At Least Think About It

Commentary, December, 04 2008 Robert Weissman
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With the U.S. government offering trillions of dollars in supports for the financial sector, it is startling to witness the casual way in which many policy makers and opinion leaders suggest the U.S. auto companies should be allowed to go bankrupt.

Commentary Weissman: Not Yet at the Promised Land

Commentary, November, 14 2008 Robert Weissman
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Over the past week, Americans -- and people around the world -- rightfully celebrated the breakthrough election of an African-American to be President of the United States.

Znet Article Weissman: Mordor Brightens; Obama's Challenge -- And Ours

Znet Article, November, 05 2008 Robert Weissman
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There is an almost palpable, physical sense of relief with the confirmation that the end of the Bush era is at hand.

Znet Article Weissman: Public Ownership -- But No Public Control

Znet Article, October, 14 2008 Robert Weissman
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It is an extraordinary time. On Friday, the Washington Post ran a front-page story titled, "The End of American Capitalism?" Today, the banner headline is, "U.S. Forces Nine Major Banks to Accept Partial Nationalization."

Znet Article Weissman: Getting Wall Street Pay Reform Right

Znet Article, September, 25 2008 Robert Weissman
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There's mounting talk on Capitol Hill that a Wall Street bailout will include some limits on executive compensation, as well as contradictory reports about whether a deal on controlling executive pay has already been reached.

Commentary Weissman: The Financial Re-Regulatory Agenda

Commentary, September, 22 2008 Robert Weissman
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As the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department careen from one financial meltdown to another, desperately trying to hold together the financial system -- and with it, the U.S. and global economy -- there are few voices denying that Wall Street has...

Znet Article Weissman: Counterfeit Democracy

Znet Article, September, 15 2008 Robert Weissman
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A new draft global trade treaty may interfere with fair use of copyrighted materials, require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to monitor all consumers' Internet communications, and undermine access to low-cost generic medicines.

Znet Article Weissman: The Commercial Games: How Commercialism is Overrunning the Olympics

Znet Article, August, 06 2008 Robert Weissman
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have been referred to as the “People’s Games,” the “High Tech Games” and the “Green Games,” but they could be more aptly described as the Commercial Games.

Commentary Weissman: Celebrate, Don't Mourn, Collapse of WTO Talks

Commentary, July, 31 2008 Robert Weissman
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Predictably, the cheerleaders for corporate globalization are bemoaning the collapse of World Trade Organization negotiations.

Znet Article Weissman: Crime, Punishment and ExxonMobil

Znet Article, July, 12 2008 Robert Weissman
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Just two days after leading climate change scientist James Hansen told the U.S. Congress that he believed ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel company CEOs “should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature” for their role in delaying a seri...

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