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'Billions wasted' in Iraq
BETWEEN $US3 billion and $US5 billion have been wasted in the US-effort to rebuild Iraq since 2003, the US official assigned to oversee reconstruction efforts in that country said today. Stuart Bowen,... ...
Follow the bailout cash
Newsweek by Michael Isikoff and Dina Fine Maron 03/21/09 There was plenty of outrage on Capitol Hill last week over the executive bonuses paid out by AIG after getting federal bailout money. But another... ...
A.I.G. Bonuses: Class War in the Media
Dean Baker, Truthout: "The debate over the A.I.G. bonuses is class war in its full naked glory. On the surface, everyone agreed that paying multi-million bonuses to the folks who bankrupted their company... ...
Dollar heads for record weekly loss versus euro
Bloomberg 03/20/09 The dollar headed for a record weekly drop against the euro after the Federal Reserve ramped up supply of the currency by unexpectedly saying it will start buying Treasuries. The greenback... ...
Didn't We All See This Coming?
By Timothy V. Gatto This isn't the first time that capitalism has failed. Every time it fails we use a form of temporary socialism to shore up the economy. When things start to return to normal, we give... ...
Rapid Declines in Manufacturing Spread Global Anxiety
That manufacturing is in decline is hardly surprising, but the depth and speed of the plunge are striking and, most worrisome for economists, a self-reinforcing trend not unlike the cascading bust that... ...
Comment on the latest atrocity from the banks
Enough! Keith Olbermann, MSNBC: "Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on the latest atrocity from the banks. The vast, engorged, gluttonous multi-national corporations. Whose sneezes can be... ...
If you’re a little guy, a contract means nothing
TruthDig by Marie Cocco 03/19/09 With due deference to George Orwell, all contracts are equal. But some contracts are more equal than others. Contracts entered into by the hotshots at American International... ...
The Real AIG Scandal
Eliot Spitzer, Slate Magazine: "Everybody is rushing to condemn AIG's bonuses, but this simple scandal is obscuring the real disgrace at the insurance giant: Why are AIG's counterparties getting paid back... ...
Stimulating ourselves to death
Crisis coddling Fairfield County Weekly by Phil Maymin Despite rising unemployment, massive layoffs and a stock market that has lost half of its value from its peak, we are not in a crisis. There is... ...