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The standard of living bubble and why it’s about to go pop
Taki's Magazine by Karen de Coster 10/22/08 Our representatives in Washington, alongside the easy-credit Federal Reserve and its Wise Leader, ‘Helicopter Ben,’ have essentially subsidized a rash of misguided... ...
Home Prices Fall by Sharpest Annual Rate Ever
The Associated Press: "Home prices tumbled by the sharpest annual rate ever in August, with little indication of a turnaround in sight, a closely watched index showed Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller... ...
U.S. Should Enact $400 Billion Stimulus, Roubini Says
By John Brinsley Roubini, who predicted the current financial crisis in 2006, said the economy risks falling into "a self-fulfilling animal spirit recession that is more severe than otherwise" because... ...
Change your leaders, change your life
Stranger than fiction National Review by Brendan O'Neill 10/27/08 Earlier this year, I wrote an eco-satirical column under the pseudonym Ethan Greenhart, in which I (or rather, Ethan) called upon Greens... ...
Disappearing Pensions Make Lives Less Secure
John Gallagher, The Free Press: "Of all the threats to the American middle-class standard of living, from stagnating incomes to piles of consumer debt, perhaps the least understood and among the most serious... ...
The American Empire, RIP
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 10/10/08 Huntin gton denies that military spending is a drain on the economy, and blames ‘consumerism, not militarism,’ for America’s status as the world’s number one debtor.... ...
Penang to continue study on health effects of WiFi
By CHRISTINA CHIN GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government will widen its consultations with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the public on possible health risks posed by free Internet wireless connections... ...
Radiation fears over low-energy light bulbs
Here is today's Irish Times update on LED lightbulbs and the related health issue. Friday, October 10, 2008 Gormley to lay down light bulb standards HARRY McGEE, Political Staff THE GOVERNMENT will... ...
We're on "The Edge of The Abyss"
French Premier Francois Fillon: We're on "The Edge of The Abyss" By Mike Whitney People are scared and removing their money from the banks and money markets which is intensifying the freeze in the credit... ...
After Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Falter
Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times: "In one of the most dramatic days in Wall Street’s history, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself on Sunday to Bank of America for roughly $50 billion to avert a deepening... ...