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When Securitization Blew Up, So Did the Economy
By Mike Whitney One thing is certain, this isn't a normal recession. In a normal recession aggregate demand declines, economic activity slows, and GDP shrinks. While those things are taking place now,... ...
Obama’s budget includes new bailout, $1.75 trillion deficit
Obama to spend $200b on war in 2009 President Barack Obama intends to ask the US Congress for more than USD 200 billion to cover the country's war spending. http://www.pres stv.ir/detail.aspx?id=8683 8&sectionid=3510203... ...
Economic crisis to claim 51 Million jobs
The economic downturn could result in the loss of up to 51 million jobs worldwide by the end of this year, a UN agency has predicted. http://www.pre sstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83 958&sectionid=3510213... ...
US lobbying spending tops $3 billion in ‘08
USA Today 01/26/09 Despite the sharp economic downturn, lobbying spending in the nation’s capital surged past $3 billion last year as industries and special-interest groups wooed Congress and federal... ...
Tools for a New Economy
Robert Pollin, The Boston Review: "The collapse of the housing bubble and the speculative market for subprime mortgages demonstrates, yet again, the simple point that financial markets need tight regulation.... ...
US Economy Shrinks as IMF Warns of Great Depression
Agence France-Presse: "The US economy shrank in the third quarter, official data confirmed Tuesday, as the IMF's top economist warned of a second Great Depression offering no respite from relentless gloom... ...
The "Dirty Little Secret" Of the US Bank Bailout
By Barry Grey In an unusually frank article published in Saturday's New York Times, the newspaper's economic columnist, Joe Nocera, reveals what he calls "the dirty little secret of the banking industry"--namely,... ...
The Trillion Dollar Tag Sale: How the Pentagon Could Help Bail Out America
Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com: "Wars, bases, and money. The three are inextricably tied together. If the United States had never wasted the better part of a trillion dollars fighting a war in Vietnam and,... ...
Brazil, Argentina abandon US dollar
Brazil and Argentina have launched a new payment system in their bilateral trade, doing away with the US dollar as a medium of exchange. http://www.pres stv.ir/detail.aspx?id=7149 3&sectionid=3510213... ...
IMF Says World Economy Heading for `Major Downturn'
Global growth is headed for a "major downturn'' next year, as U.S. gross domestic product grinds close to a halt, the International Monetary Fund said in a staff report prepared for a Group of Seven meeting... ...