Leo Hindery, Jr. is chair of the US Economy/Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation. He is the former chief executive of AT&T Broadband and other major media and telecom companies, and published this …

Americans for Financial Reform, CMOC and other groups will send the following letter to Senator Harkin and Representative DeFazio.  If you represent an organization, click here to join us and sign the letter.
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Dear Senator Harkin …

In an editorial titled “Opposite of Bold,” the New York Times endorsed the Obama Administration’s proposal to levy a Financial Transaction Tax on banks:

Mr. Obama also must … embrace ways to pay for initiatives, such …

For Immediate Release: January 14, 2010
Washington, D.C.- Center for Economic and Policy Research Co- Director Dean Baker released the following statement on the Obama administration’s proposal to impose a fee on the financial institutions that …