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Video: When Wall Street Gets Paid First (Stock Buybacks)
American companies are buying back their own stock on the open market, reducing overall supply, which artificially inflates stock prices....
Video: When Wall Street is Your New Boss (Toys R Us)
Toys ‘R’ Us delighted kids for nearly 50 years and build a majority female workforce of more than 60,000 people....
Video: When Wall Street is Your New Landlord (Blackstone)
When Wall Street is your new landlord, the picture that emerges is one of leaky pipes, vermin, toxic mold, non-functioning...
The Big Wall Street Giveaway the 115th Congress Hopes the 116th Won’t Notice
This post was guest authored by Max Moran and originally posted on Inequality.org. Candidates in the Democratic presidential primary are tripping...
In the mid-terms, winning candidates gave Wall Street the boot
From the party’s moderate wings to its progressive grassroots, Democratic candidates earned applause and high turnout for running against the...
Why a progressive House Financial Services Committee is such a big deal
Lost amidst the Trump shutdown and a steady pace of presidential candidates announcing 2020 runs was an underappreciated story in...
Howard Schultz claims the “center” in American politics. Hold my latte.
This post was guest authored by Max Moran. Every four years, Wall Street and corporate America dance the same three-step...
No Labels and the ‘Problem Solvers’ are Wolves of Wall Street in Sheep’s Clothing
Political organizations hide their pro-finance politics under the cloak of bipartisanship while they rake in funding from corporate interests. By...
Going After Wall Street is Good Politics
This post by Mike Lux originally appeared in DailyKos and on MikeLux Media. Going After Wall Street is Good Politics...