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Fed under fire as public anger mounts
Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Danger lies in threat to Fed independence
H.R. 1207 seems innocuous enough. The overall question it raises sounds fair: After all, why should the Fed be ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Tax credits eyed for solar energy firms amid Obama’s push for ‘green jobs’
Solar energy companies are lobbying for new tax credits for domestic manufacturers that would come on top of ...via The Hill -
GM Plans to Repay U.S. Loan
General Motors Co. plans to begin paying back a $6.7 billion loan it owes the U.S. government starting late this ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Health bill reduces senior benefits, according to report
A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
CIA says it gets its money's worth from Pakistani spy agency
The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's intelligence service since the Sept. 11 attacks, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?
Breakfast at Fuddruckers: $19.24. Snow cone and cotton candy machine: $146.89. Six extra preview performances of ...via Publish2 -
FCC Fine Print Could Undermine an Open Internet | Save the Internet
(Blog Post) Buried in the fine print of the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules is a potential loophole that if left open ...Posted by Ben Ross -
War weary Europeans test their leaders' resolve
Whoever ends up presiding over Afghan chaos and corruption, Europe is losing patience fast with U.S. mission muddle ...via GlobalPost -
Stimulus Contracts Go to Companies Under Criminal Investigation
The Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in stimulus contracts to six companies while they were under ...via Ellen Miller
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Faces of a jobless recovery
For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one ...via Peter Daou -
SPEEA: Boeing's decision to add second line in S.C. bad for everyone
Boeing's decision to add a second line in South Carolina is bad for the company and employees and eventually will ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Not So Unequal, After All
The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. You've heard it over and over again. Many free-market ...Posted by Dale Penn -
The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report
(Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a ...via Memeorandum -
Copenhagen or bust
If we miss this opportunity, there will be no second chance sometime in the future, no later way to undo the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Alternatives Are Simply too expensive
The U.S. and Western Europe can point to a remarkable achievement over the past 40 years: significant reductions in ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis
(Video) With the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks away, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
How Stimulating
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When God is Watching, People Are More Generous.
(Blog Post) One argument in support of religiosity is that it makes people more moral. I am not particularly moved by this ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Great Challenge of Our Time: Re-Creating America's Great Middle Class
we face "hard political tasks. But being pushed further down is harder, still. Because no one knows where the new ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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What is expert advice worth on the stock market?
How seriously should you take their forecasts? Does an understanding of economics and the capital market give you ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Fed under fire as public anger mounts
Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
