Republican Economic Disinformation
Posted: August 27, 2008
This post from February needs to be dusted off in honor of the Democratic National Convention. Administration Change in National Debt as % of GNP ...... [...]...
Rock'Ben Bernanke'Hard Place. Seriously.
Posted: August 06, 2008
August 6, 2008 Wall Street greeted yesterday's Fed announcement as if it was a declaration of victory, when in fact the Fed is now officially handcuffed, locked at the rates in effect when the summer paralysis set in. Played 'Fed Funds Musical Chairs' for months, and the music stopped at 2%. Now, they need to raise [...]...
The Economics of Water
Posted: July 29, 2008
Image via Wikipedia I'm in the midst of reading the new book by Maude Barlow called Blue Covenant–The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water. It is a shocking and deeply disturbing picture of the State of the Planet. The premise is that water will be to the 21st century what [...]...