Working Life

   Nothing changes: As the House and Senate move to finalize regulatory-overhaul legislation, the Federal Reserve has emerged as likely to retain most of the power and independence Fed officials have feared they might lose.  

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   This past Friday, I wrote that the financial powers were winning the debate on Capitol Hill. Today, another victory for those powers: The Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously to require a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve’s emergency actions during and after the 2008 financial crisis as part of broad legislation overhauling the nation’s […]

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   The forces trying to instill some rollback of the power of the financial elites suffered two defeats yesterday. First, Bernie Sanders’ amendment to bring more scrutiny to the Fed was watered down. Where did the pressure come from to let the Fed continue to operate in the same way it did before the crisis–a […]

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   It may seem relatively small but there will be an excellent window through which to view the president’s future intentions: will he be for the people or for the financial interests? Many people have already made up their minds–for good reason. But, this will be a moment–will the Administration veto the financial reform bill […]

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   This should pass: An amendment sponsored by the independent senator from Vermont to require Federal Reserve audits is gaining momentum, powered by a coalition of activists on the left and right who are taking aim at the financial establishment for its role in the economic collapse. Mr. Sanders’s amendment, which is likely to be […]

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   It gets tiring writing every day about all the bad news, though that is sadly the reality (and, certainly will be so at least until spring training starts). But, here is one piece of good news. In the body of a story about the nomination by the president of the person responsible for monitoring […]

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