Talking Points: Economic Meltdown
The following document is a series of talking points, in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format, on the key questions being discussed today about the global economic meltdown.
Rewrite Bailout Rules on CEO Pay
Paulson’s new plan still sides with the executives and shortchanges the taxpayers.
As Its Economic Power Wanes, Does the U.S. Lean Harder on the Military?
The financial crisis highlights the United States’ increasing dependence on militarism.
World Bank Should Not Be Solving Food Crisis
When it comes to food shortages around the world, the World Bank does more harm than good.
Truth, Lies, the Bailout, and CEO Pay
The bailout does precious little to limit the extravagant pay that gives top executives the incentive to behave outrageously.
IPS Statement on the Congressional Bailout of Wall Street
Congress needs to address the bailout’s unfinished agenda and fix our broken financial system.
In Wake of Crash, McCain Talks Tough About CEO Pay Will Congress Call His Bluff?
The candidate is proposing a radical restriction on pay for CEOs of bailed-out firms. But is he serious or is this just election season populism?
The Bailout and CEO Pay: What’s ‘Excessive’?
Congress should use the bailout to reform executive pay, not maintain it.
We All Pay for Wall Street
A recent Government Accountability Office study found that two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005. These same companies reported trillions of dollars in earnings.
