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Author Archives: Kat Aaron

Posted inFinance, Inequality

One year later: A meltdown retrospective

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron September 14, 2009January 7, 2022

Today marks a year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history. As President Obama delivers a major speech on Wall Street saying he is determined to prevent a repeat of the crisis that nearly brought down the global financial system, the Center looks back at its year of covering the […]

Posted inFinance, Inequality, Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown?

More mortgage fraud reporting?

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron July 16, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Subprime loans were big business for struggling lender CIT

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron July 13, 2009April 11, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Mortgage fraud reports rise, but some fraud may still be undetected

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron and Nick Schwellenbach July 10, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Mandatory one-week vacation legislation lacks congressional support

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron July 1, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Mortgage companies and the new regulatory regime

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron June 17, 2009April 11, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Looking beyond the May unemployment numbers

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron June 5, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality, Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown?

Leaders of the nation’s No. 1 subprime lender charged by the SEC

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron June 4, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Employment is worse than you think

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron May 18, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality, Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown?

The Financial Meltdown: A Glossary

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron May 6, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Predatory lending: A decade of warnings

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron May 6, 2009April 11, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Obama top recipient of AIG’s hefty campaign contributions

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron March 30, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

New attitude towards FOIA, but who’s going to clear the backlog?

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron January 23, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Considering the differences between two billion-dollar bailouts

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron December 12, 2008January 7, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Defining the “fundamentals of the American economy”

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron September 23, 2008January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

A comprehensive look at unemployment figures

Avatar photo by Kat Aaron September 10, 2008April 11, 2022

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