Tag: big banks

"If these banks were too big to fail 10 years ago, what would happen if any of them were to fail today?"

The numbers are there to support the case for a city-owned bank, but a critical ingredient in effecting revolutionary change is finding the political will.

"Your economy, rigged to redistribute wealth to the top."

Why should banks ever be permitted to use peoples’ bank deposits – insured by the federal government – to place risky bets on the banks’ own behalf?

“Greed is good.”

The terror inflicted on Americans is real.

Warren said at the gathering of progressive lawmakers that "this isn't a story about economics," rather it's a "story about power."

In a world where Republicans have already been bought and paid for, there is no room for Democrats who act in bad faith.

Think about this: the world's most bloated financial giants are growing even fatter and richer off the backs of people who are already broke.

The foundation of an economy is money. And if the creation, value and availability of that money are controlled by few elites instead of a free market then it doesn’t matter how complex and a giant system we build.