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Matt Stoller: Fed Transcripts – Why Was Congress in the Dark During the Crafting of Dodd-Frank?
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Cross posted from New Deal 2.0 Records of the Fed’s meetings at the height of the housing bubble provide more evidence that our central bankers need to be held accountable.
Ron Paul Challenges Liberals - or Maybe Not
Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute has a couple of very interesting articles posted at Naked Capitalism, Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals, and the follow-up, Naked...Show More Summary
Naked Capitalism, “A Home for All Sorts of Bircher Nonsense”
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. A post I wrote two weeks ago, How Ron Paul Challenges Liberals, created something of a stir. Show More Summary
Twitterstorm delong: January 8, 2012
Atrios Atrios almost succumbed to a 'someone on the internet is wrong' moment. step away from the keyboard... 20 minutes ago Retweeted by delong matthewstoller Matt Stoller When it's 60 degrees in January in New York, I can't hell but hear ominous horror movie music in the background. Show More Summary
Philip Pilkington: Of Idiocy and Anomie – Ron Paul vs. the Nanny State Liberals
By Philip Pilkington, a journalist and writer living in Dublin, Ireland Matt Stoller recently ran a thoughtful piece on this site about Ron Paul. Stoller’s thesis is that Ron Paul confronts Big Government liberals (my term, not Stoller’s) with the dark underbelly of their policy prescriptions. Show More Summary
What’s Challenging About Paul?
Apparently, a twitter storm has broken out about the post I don’t want to get into, but Greenwald’s latest has a couple things I wanted to respond to on the merits, so I thought I’d go ahead. On this: As Matt Stoller argued in a genuinely brilliant essay on the history of progressivism and the [...]
Ron Paul challenges liberals on love of ‘big finance’ and ‘big-ass wars’
Matt Stoller, now at the Roosevelt Institute, a former aide to former Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida, poses the question, "Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals," at naked capitalism. The piece is getting a ton of attention. Thinking about this piece … Continue reading ?
US Wars Far From Over
This Real News Network interview with David Swanson, which focuses on Obama's PR on the "end" of the war in Iraq, also underscores a theme in Matt Stoller's post on Ron Paul yesterday: the deep commitment of both parties to a large and active military.
Matt Stoller: Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. The most perplexing character in Congress, ideologically speaking, is Ron Paul. Show More Summary
Guess who's paying to defend Fannie and Freddie execs
"That's right, you are. Just when it seemed as if the government might actually be making progress in holding some high-ranking officials accountable for the mortgage crisis, Matt Stoller rains on our parade. The former policy adviser for Rep. Show More Summary
Taxpayers Paying to Defend ex-Fannie, Freddie Executives from SEC
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Last Friday, the SEC announced it was suing six top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for misleading investors. Show More Summary
Matt Stoller: How the Fed fought dirty & Grayson fought back
There's a fascinating story by Matt Stoller writing at Naked Capitalism about the Fed, Alan Grayson, and how the corrupt system works as seen from the inside. After an introduction with some thoughts about the Fed and its power — and also the nature of American money — Stoller talks about his experience with the Fed and Congressman Alan Grayson. Show More Summary
Matt Stoller: Why Does the Dallas Fed President Want to Destroy West Coast Port Unions?
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Cross posted from New Deal 2.0 The FOMC is far more secretive than most government agencies, and after reading the transcripts of its meetings, it’s not hard to see why.
Matt Stoller: How the Federal Reserve Fights
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Two weeks ago, Bloomberg released...Show More Summary
Matt Stoller: A Real Third Party? An Anti-Big Bank Republican? Yup.
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Like many of you, I had mostly given up on electoral politics. Show More Summary
Matt Stoller: Mortgage Servicers – Getting Away with the Perfect Crime?
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Cross posted from New Deal 2.0 Without prosecutions, there’s nothing keeping fraud from becoming a standard business practice.
Matt Stoller: Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto Cracks Open the Financial Crisis
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Learn the name Catherine CortezShow More Summary
Matt Stoller: Naked Capitalism – Your Anti-Lobbyist
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. If you've ever spend time physically going to and from Capitol Hill on the subway or the buses, it's pretty hard not to notice the advertising. Show More Summary
Matt Stoller: 50 State Settlement Chatter – $65 Million of Fundraising and the Kamala Harris Network
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. Over 365 donors have already invested in our efforts to shed light on the dark and seamy corners of finance. Join us and participate via our Tip Jar or read about why we're doing this fundraiser and other ways to donate on our kickoff post. By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Show More Summary
Matt Stoller: Why a Foreclosure Fraud Settlement is a RIDICULOUS Idea
By Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can reach him at stoller (at) gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewstoller. Gretchen Morgenson is ringing alarm...Show More Summary