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  1. David Stockman
    1 Jan 2012 … David Stockman began his career in Washington as a Congressional assistant in 1970, and in 1976 was elected to the House of Representatives for the first of two terms. He served as the Director of the Office of Management and Continue reading
  2. David Stockman on the Folly of Anti-Tax Crusades
    2 Feb 2012 … Former Reagan budget director David Stockman says today's Republicans have taken their anti-tax campaign too far. Continue reading
  3. David Stockman on Crony Capitalism
    3 Mar 2012 … Stockman explains how the courtship of politics and high finance rewards the super-rich and corporations. Continue reading
  4. The Blackberry Panic of 2008 A man stands near Citigroup center building while working on his BlackBerry device. November 2008. (AP/Jin Lee)
    1 Jan 2012 … David Stockman is currently at work on a new book, tentatively titled “The Triumph of Crony Capitalism,” to be published in January 2013. Regarding the crucial events of September 2008, David Stockman writes: The exclusive diagnostic tool used by the principals during Continue reading
  5. Crony Capitalism
     … Bill Moyers and former White House budget director David Stockman on how politics and high finance have turned our economy into a members-only private club. Continue reading
  6. Encore: Crony Capitalism
    3 Mar 2012 … David Stockman explains how the cozy relationship between Washington and Wall Street has perverted capitalism and subverted democracy. Continue reading
  7. Meet 204 Republicans Who Don’t Want to Punish Companies That Steal Workers’ Wages House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) laughs as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
    6 Jun 2014 … Many corporations that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a year in federal contracts—including Hewlett Packard, AT&T, and Lockheed Martin—have a history of wage theft. Continue reading
  8. Why Do Kindergarten Teachers Pay More Taxes Than Hedge Fund Managers? Kindergarten teacher Amy Weisberg helps students in her classroom (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    9 Sep 2015 … Even Ronald Reagan's former budget director thinks the tax rate hedge fund managers are paying is "really pretty shameful." Continue reading
  9. ‘Inequality Matters’, June 3, 2004
    6 Jun 2004 … Bill Moyers Speech Inequality Matters, DEMOS June 3, 2004 New York University. Continue reading
  10. Is Capitalism Failing Us? Protesters from the Occupy anti-capitalist movement release a banner reading ' Hey WEF! Where are the other 6.9999 billion leaders?' January 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    1 Jan 2012 … Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society? It’s a question economic elites debated this week in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland while attending the annual World Economic Forum. According to Time Magazine, the #1 theme at the conference is that capitalism needs an overhaul. Continue reading