Did you know? May 19 is “National Hepatitis Testing Day” and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that all baby boomers, the group believed to account for 75 percent of hepatitis C infections in the United States, get checked. Early diagnosis and treatment can reduce the consequences of the disease. New treatments can cure up to 75 […]

Facebook made its much-anticipated initial public offering. TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts had second thoughts about a $10 million negative ad campaign against President Obama. The G-8 convened at Camp David. And JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon faced tough questions in the wake of his company’s $2 billion loss.

By James K. Galbraith, The Baffler Two months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, a group of experts and I warned the Obama campaign about the likelihood of a global economic crisis. Not the slightest word came back.