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Inside Obama’s bank CEOs meeting

Politico The bankers struggled to make themselves clear to the president of the United States. But President Barack Obama wasn’t in a mood to hear them out. He stopped the conversation and offered a blunt reminder of the public’s reaction…

Will Obama do an austerity program?

Doug Henwood says there are just now a few signs that the economy may be recovering ever so slightly. But Obama will need to pay for the stimulus somehow, and that could get ugly. I’ve been coming around to the…

Who controls the country? AIG and raging populism

Who controls the country? The government or Wall Street? That answer will determine the ferocity of the populism. John Robb Viral violence incoming. As this NYTimes article points out, the public is actively targeting AIG execs. Death threats have resulted…

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Stevie Wonder honored at White House “I think it’s fair to say that had I not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle might not have dated me. We might not have married. The fact that we agreed on Stevie was…