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Obama put[s] the U.S. government solidly back on the side of the middle class

A conversation on antitrust law as guardrails on capitalism at Bold v Old in Washington DC. The conversation includes an overview of the history of anti-trust law, why and how anti-trust law became broken, and more.

Today We Start Rebuilding the American Middle Class

Demos Report Called for Clearinghouse to End Incentives for Inflated Ratings

Washington — Senator Al Franken (D-MN) has introduced a financial-reform amendment that finally addresses the root problem of the credit rating agencies—their built-in conflict of interest. The "Restore Integrity to Credit Ratings" amendment, co-sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Bill Nelson (D-FL), substantially embraces a remedy set forth in a recent Demos policy paper on this subject.

Call out Wall Street for its Abuses and Army of Lobbyists Fighting to Block Needed Protections

The left-leaning think tank Demos recently offered a bold, but seemingly obvious, proposition: Just scrap the private credit scoring system, and replace it with a government agency, accountable to the public.