The Boston Marathon bombings killed three and injured more than 180. The West, Texas industrial explosion killed at least 14 and injured more than 180. Guess which one drew the greater media and law enforcement response?

If it turns out that the West, Texas explosion is the result of a “terrorist act,” [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/04/25/boston-texas-and-corporate-criminal-justice/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/04/23/time-for-a-sales-tax-on-wall-street-financial-transactions/ http://csrl.org/2013/04/23/time-for-a-sales-tax-on-wall-street-financial-transactions/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:25:40 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1128 By Ralph Nader

Here are some questions to consider: What do the Wall Street firms do that is so vital for the national interest? How does speculation contribute to our society? It’s time for Wall Street to step up and provide some answers.

The reckless actions of Wall Street institutions led to the collapse [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/04/23/time-for-a-sales-tax-on-wall-street-financial-transactions/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/04/06/the-regulatory-nullification-and-the-cruelty-of-big-business/ http://csrl.org/2013/04/06/the-regulatory-nullification-and-the-cruelty-of-big-business/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:00:45 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1126 By Ralph Nader

It’s time to start paying close attention to the mechanisms of the deregulation machine. For the past 30 years, the business lobbies have pushed Congress and the executive branch to disassemble the regulatory system that has protected us from the worst excesses of Wall Street and Big Business. The catastrophic effects of [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/04/06/the-regulatory-nullification-and-the-cruelty-of-big-business/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/04/04/1116/ http://csrl.org/2013/04/04/1116/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:11:50 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1116 DEBATING TABOOS

A debate series by Ralph Nader & the Center for Study of Responsive Law

What are the Pitfalls and Benefits of Using Ballistic Missile Defense?

Friday, April 12, 2013

12 p.m.

1530 P St. NW

You often hear progressives bemoaning the massive war chests of the right-wing funders, particularly after their successful backing of the boisterous Tea Party movement. But a common mistake made by the left is not adequately focusing on cultivating their own likeminded super-rich to provide the necessary resources to advance their own noble [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/03/29/enlist-the-enlightened-super-rich/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/03/26/the-cruel-gap-between-ceo-pay-and-the-stagnant-minimum-wage/ http://csrl.org/2013/03/26/the-cruel-gap-between-ceo-pay-and-the-stagnant-minimum-wage/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:40:22 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1112 By Ralph Nader

Walmart CEO Mike Duke makes approximately $11,000 an hour. Think about that — $11,000 every hour. Think about an hour of your day, the tasks you accomplish, and the compensation you receive from your employer. If you are an average American worker, you could add up all your daily work hours and [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/03/26/the-cruel-gap-between-ceo-pay-and-the-stagnant-minimum-wage/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/03/23/getting-tough-on-devastating-corporate-crime/ http://csrl.org/2013/03/23/getting-tough-on-devastating-corporate-crime/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:33:18 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1122 By Ralph Nader

Politicians looking to bolster their appeal to voters like to talk about being “tough on crime.” They think this creates a winning public image. And why wouldn’t it? Anyone who has ever seen an old western knows that the bandits in the black hats are bad and the lawmen in the white [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/03/23/getting-tough-on-devastating-corporate-crime/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/02/12/president-obama-get-tough-on-corporate-welfare/ http://csrl.org/2013/02/12/president-obama-get-tough-on-corporate-welfare/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:24:33 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1107 By Ralph Nader

Ask anti-government ideologues about “welfare” and they are likely to tell you all about an increasingly large group of Americans who are dependent on government handouts. They might refer to the portion of the population who Mitt Romney famously called “the 47 percent,” those who consider themselves to be “victims” entitled to [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/02/12/president-obama-get-tough-on-corporate-welfare/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/02/05/the-rule-of-law-or-the-rule-of-men/ http://csrl.org/2013/02/05/the-rule-of-law-or-the-rule-of-men/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:15:09 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1105 By Ralph Nader

Last week, the State Department reassigned the official responsible for the “diplomatic issues” pertaining to the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison. This was a telling sign that the Obama administration is abandoning its long-held but little-fought-for promise of closing that notorious facility where a majority of prisoners proved to be innocent, [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/02/05/the-rule-of-law-or-the-rule-of-men/feed/ 0 http://csrl.org/2013/01/25/the-power-of-government-purchasing/ http://csrl.org/2013/01/25/the-power-of-government-purchasing/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:06:44 +0000 editor http://csrl.org/?p=1102 By Ralph Nader

In America, the term “innovation” is often exclusively attributed to the profitable successes of private businesses — specifically big corporations like Apple, Google and Microsoft — which are considered by many to be the purveyors of all technological advancement. Recall Mitt Romney repeatedly shouting “government doesn’t create jobs” during a presidential debate [...]]]> http://csrl.org/2013/01/25/the-power-of-government-purchasing/feed/ 0