Tag: Goldman Sachs

By turning to Goldman Sachs to staff his administration, Trump has surrendered the nation’s economic policy to the Goldman agenda.

The tar sands have a larger carbon footprint than other oil products when accounting for the product's entire life cycle – making it bad news for the climate.

Headline after headline explains that Trump has hired “yet another” veteran of the firm.

Trump has let the American people know whose side he’s on, and it’s not theirs.

In Trump's economy, there will be winners and – as he would say – losers. Can you guess which the bankers will be?

How a bank conquered Washington

Our system of inverted totalitarianism has within it the seeds of an overt or classical fascism.

A battle has been lost for democracy and accountability, while the pockets of the rich and powerful have grown further.

One more reason Wall Street bankers privately wink and grin at these seemingly huge punishments is that even paying the full $5 billion would only be relatively painful.

For banksters like Goldman Sachs, federal criminal settlements are just a cost of doing business.