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Carbon Delirium: The Last Stage of Fossil-Fuel Addiction and Its Hazardous Impact on American Foreign Policy
We're now on a drill, baby, drill and frack, baby, frack planet, where the prevailing state of mind is what Michael Klare calls “carbon delirium.”
Stress Tests, Lending, and Capital Requirements
Despite the much-publicized black eye to Citigroup's management, the bottom line of the Federal Reserve's stress tests is that every other large U.S. bank will be allowed to pay …
Banking Union Time Bomb: Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts and Bail-Ins
A new EU agreement that authorizes both bailouts and “bail-ins” of failed banks threatens the pocketbooks of European taxpayers and depositors.
Six States Have Tried Community Controlled Power: What Works?
As communities create more Community Choice Aggregations (CCAs), consumers will be paying less money for more environmentally friendly forms of electricity.
Pundits Never Have To Say They’re Sorry – but They Can Demand Others Apologize for Being Right
Being wrong doesn't seem to affect certain pundits' ability to gobble up airtime.
The Economics of Immiseration, the Politics of Seduction
The economics of immiseration would be impossible without the politics of seduction.
Of Budgets, Values and Visions
In America today, three visions rooted in different views about human nature and society offer distinct slants on budget priorities: the conservative, the liberal and the progressive.
Suffragettes No More – The Long Struggle for Women’s Equality
Honoring women's history in March each year is a bad joke as long as those who struggled for women's equality are called “suffragettes.”
NAFTA at 20: “A Vehicle To Increase Profits at the Expense of Democracy“
Thursday the AFL-CIO released a new report, NAFTA at 20. The report makes the point that, "On the whole, NAFTA-style agreements have proved to be primarily a vehicle to …
The Republican Plan To Invalidate Scientific Research
How are Republicans attempting to squash scientific facts that challenge their own agendas? By funding and generating alternate research that backs up their claims instead.