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  1. Bernie Sanders Wants to Spend $18 Trillion: So What? Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to a crowd of several hundred people during a health care rally in front of the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., Saturday, May 1, 2010, where single-payer health care system supporters gathered believing that the federal bill didn't go far enough.(AP Photo/Alden Pellett)
    9 Sep 2015 … At the end of the day, what matters isn’t the amount of money that the federal government spends for health care. What matters is the amount of money that the American people spend for health care. Continue reading
  2. The Big Money Behind the Battle for a Wisconsin Congressional District Still image from a Mike Gallagher campaign advertisement. (YouTube)
    8 Aug 2016 … Today, Wisconsin voters will head to the polls to determine which nominees will represent Republicans and Democrats in the Nov. 8 general election. It’ll be a big day for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who, polling indicates, will easily Continue reading
  3. So Tom Hayes Is Guilty. Who Else Is? The golden cuffs (Credit: PROH. Michael Karshis / CC 2.0)
    8 Aug 2015 … As time goes by, it gets harder and harder to figure out how much of the largest banks’ profits is due to their legitimate operations and how much is due to their tolerance of illegal activity. Continue reading
  4. Morning Reads: Huge Wall St. Giveaway Barreling Through Congress
    12 Dec 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  5. Michael Perino on the Pecora Commission
    7 Jul 2012 … Ferdinand Pecora's strong leadership during a Senate investigation into the ‘29 market crash shows what's necessary to effect regulatory reform. Continue reading
  6. Let the “Do Nothing” Congress Do Nothing
    11 Nov 2012 … The fiscal cliff is a unique opportunity to solve three of the most pressing problems facing our country. Simply letting the Bush tax cuts expire is our best chance to reduce inequality, bring the national debt under control and protect Continue reading
  7. Glass-Steagall, Dodd-Frank and The Volcker Rule: A Primer and Resources Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., wait for President Barack Obama to sign the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection financial reform bill at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. July 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    3 Mar 2012 … Learn what you need to know about these financial reform legislative milestones. Continue reading
  8. Financial Reform Rising Members of Local 100 of the Transport Workers enter Zuccotti Park in support of the Wall Street protestors in New York. September 2011(AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
    6 Jun 2014 … The story so far on financial reform is not a pleasant one. Fortunately and perhaps surprisingly, in part through the efforts of a growing number of people – including Anat Admati and Sheila Bair, recently interviewed on Moyers & Company – Continue reading
  9. Excerpt: ‘Age of Greed’ Sanford I. Weill of Travelers and John S. Reed of Citicorp shake hands at the start of a news conference in New York. April 1998.(AP/Richard Drew)
    1 Jan 2012 … An excerpt from Age of Greed, by Jeff Madrick Continue reading
  10. The Buffett Rule: Gimmick or Good Start? President Barack Obama congratulates Warren Buffett after presenting him with a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom in an East Room ceremony at the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    4 Apr 2012 … The Senate returns from a two-week recess today, and one of the first items on their agenda is the so-called “Buffett Rule,” a tax reform aimed at millionaires that would make anyone earning $1 million or more a year pay Continue reading