--Mike--

Please spend an hour of your time listening to episode 365 of This American Life .  They explain how the economy got to the dire straights i...

"We are now in the golden age of thieves. And where I come from we put thieves in jail, we don't bail them out." — Rep. Pete V...

If Karl Denninger is right, the bailout really is an attempt to bail out the World's banks... which explains why the people in Europe wo...

The depression became the Great Depression because Congress got stampeeded into passing the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and made things worse. F...

Senator Bayh's voicemail was full, but I was able to call Senator Lugar's office... I suggest you do the same. We can't let this...

Here's the email I got from my Representative - Peter J. Visclosky... who I will continue to vote for in reply to my letter opposing the...

I believe that mortgages are a symptom, and not the real problem. Trust and transparency allow us to have expections that actually get met. ...

The United States sits at the apex of a mighty empire that stretches across the world. It is a former Republic that has been co opted by a M...

I was coerced into voting for Barack Obama in the Indiana primary instead of my first choice, Ron Paul as with most elections in the Unite...

Gas was $0.36/gallon in 1971 . Nixon closed the gold window in 1971 The dollar has dropped 95% since then relative to real money. (Gold) T...