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There are few people in Congress who criticize big Wall Street banks more than Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) does. And JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon found his match. Continue reading The post JPMorgan’s...
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Hillary Clinton’s recent op-ed in The New York Times, “How I’d Rein In Wall Street,” was intended to reassure nervous Democrats who fear she is still in thrall to those mega-bankers of New York who...
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, announced in a New York Timesop-ed column on July 12th that the bank would soon raise wages for its lowest-paid employees. JPMorgan Chase — America’s largest bank,...
View ArticleGreasing the Outstretched Palms of the Candidates
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During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised that he would take the side of American workers against economic elites when evaluating policy. Yet the policy proposals he put forth during...
View ArticleYou Pay Your Fair Share. Shouldn’t Wall Street?
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