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A sign for Wall Street is displayed on the side of building near the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 4, 2013. Uncertainty over the outcome of a budget battle in Washington pushed world stock markets lower on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Fighting Poverty Through Wall Street Accountability

May 19, 2013 | Perspectives

Greg Kaufmann speaks with labor union organizer Stephen Lerner about the intersection between poverty and Wall Street accountability.

The Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington. (Credit: flickr/arsheffield)

SEC May Require Corporations to Disclose Political Donations

April 25, 2013 | Money & Politics

The SEC says its considering a new rule that would require publicly traded corporations to disclose political spending to their shareholders.

Full Show: What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?

March 22, 2013 | Moyers & Company

Bill takes a close look at avarice, banks, and capitalism — the ABCs of economic inequality — with insight from Sheila Bair and Richard Wolff. Continue reading

Richard Wolff on Curing Capitalism

March 22, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff answers audience questions about industry regulation, the limits of capitalism, and solutions to economic inequality. Continue reading

Mary Jo White and Richard Cordray Appearing Before Senate Banking Committee

March 12, 2013 | Money & Politics

Two controversial Obama appointees go before the Senate Banking Committee today.

A typical street scene in a neighborhood in Cleveland, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. A report commissioned last November by the U.S. Conference of Mayors projected that 361 metropolitan areas would take an economic hit of $166 billion in 2008. Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, has about 17,000 vacant foreclosed properties,roughly 4 percent of its 395,000 houses. (AP Photo/Jamie-Andrea Yanak)

One Economy, Two Americas

March 6, 2013 | Perspectives

Author Hedrick Smith says that, despite record stock prices and roaring corporate profits, America’s economic divide is still “costing us dearly.” Continue reading

Wall Street Women and the Glass Ceiling

February 28, 2013 | Group Think

The 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique provides an opportunity to assess the impact of the feminist movement in the United States over the past half-century. Women could not have entered the professional workforce in significant numbers without … MORE

President Barack Obama, with current White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, right, announces that he will name current Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough,left, as his next chief of staff, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barack Obama, Wall Street Co-Conspirator?

January 31, 2013 | Perspectives

From appointments of Lanny Breuer to Mary Jo White, the president has let big banks off the hook at every turn, says David Sirota.

Full Show: Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First

January 11, 2013 | Moyers & Company

The New York Times columnist explains why our top priority should be getting America back to work – if only Washington would stop throwing distractions in the way. Continue reading