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It isn’t morning in America any more
AlterNet by Bill McKibben 05/12/08 It’s not just the economy. We’ve gone through swoons before. It’s that gas at $4 a gallon means we’re running out, at least of the cheap stuff that built our sprawling... ...
Portrait of an Oil-Addicted Former Superpower
For TomDispatch.com, Michael T. Klare writes: "Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a political entity... ...
If it smells like a recession
Nolan Chart by Doug Eberhardt 05/07/08 The ‘only’ thing that has kept this economy going is the housing run-up caused by the Fed’s manipulation of interest rates lower causing consumers to find new money... ...
Mortgage crisis 'threat to economy'
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US central bank, has said that the rising cases of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures pose considerable dangers to the US economy. http://tinyurl.c om/5o8335 From... ...
Blame the Fed
Cato Institute by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. 05/05/08 The U.S. economy is in the midst of an old-style credit crunch brought on by a combination of bad policies and incredibly lax underwriting standards... ...
Big business loves big government
Downsize DC by James Leroy Wilson 05/05/08 Politici ans tell us that government protects the people from the cut-throat practices of Big Business. But in truth, Big Government is in bed with Big Business.... ...
Helping the Unemployed
The New York Times: "Americans don't have to wait for the statistics to know these are very hard times. For the fourth month in a row, the economy lost jobs in April. The economists said the contraction... ...
The Clinton credit crisis
Liberty For All by Jessica Peck Corry 05/01/08 It must be nice to live in Hillary Clinton’s world. Someone else always pays the bills. But as campaign vendors — including health insurance companies —... ...
Innovations for a Sustainable Economy
Environmental issues were once regarded as irrelevant to economic activity, but today they are dramatically rewriting the rules for business, investors, and consumers. http://sonnens eite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8 741683546ms98 ...
"We Are Workers, Not Criminals"
David Bacon writes for Truthout, "Millions of people have come to this country to work, not to break its laws. Some have come with visas, and others without them. But they are all contributors to the society... ...