Good Billions after Bad- investigation of TARP handout

Good Billions After Bad

As the Bush administration waned, the Treasury shoveled more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in tarp funds into the financial system—without restrictions, accountability, or even common sense. The authors reveal how much of it ended up in the wrong hands, doing the opposite of what was needed.

By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

October 2009

October 2009: Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele on the U.S. Treasury | vanityfair.com

Today in The Nation: Reimagining Socialism

Barbara Ehrenreich & Bill Fletcher Jr. The capitalists who have run things so far have forfeited all trust and respect. So what will we do now? A Nation Forum.

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