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First, a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies points out that 25 of the largest US companies paid more to their CEO’s in 2010 than they paid in corporate taxes. 20 of them paid more in lobbyist fees than … Continue reading →

Bloomberg TV’s Margaret Brennan speaks to Nouriel Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics LLC. Roubini tells Brennan, “we’re going into a recession based on my numbers” and that the Federal Reserve and other authorities no longer have the … Continue reading →

Bob Shiller is one of the few economists who sees the forest for the trees. Robert Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University and co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, talks about the U.S. housing market and economy, and his … Continue reading →