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The Role of Government and The Foreclosure Crisis
4 More banks close as U.S. bank failures reaches 124 this year Three bank failures in Georgia and one in Ohio has brought 2010's tally to 124, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday... http://www.mark etwatch.com/story/years-ta lly-of-us-bank-failures-re aches-124-2010-09-17 Am ericans'... ...
Blaming Obama
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 09/15/10 As long as Obama’s been in office, Obama’s progressive supporters ‘and even some sensible conservatives’ have been ’surprised and dismayed’ that his military and... ...
Do Not Pity the Democrats
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: "There are no longer any major institutions in American society, including the press, the educational system, the financial sector, labor unions, the arts, religious institutions... ...
The neoliberal bait-and-switch
In These Times by David Sirota 09/10/10 In simplistic, Lexus-and-Olive-Tree terms, the neoliberal economic argument goes like this: Tariff-free trade policies are great because they increase commerce,... ...
Peak Oil is History
At some point the economy shrinks so much as to invalidate the financial assumptions on which it is based, making it impossible to continue importing oil on credit. http://www.cultur echange.org/cms/content/vi ew/674/66/ From... ...
Sorting facts from fables
Orange County Register by Thomas Sowell 09/08/10 Presiden t Barack Obama boldly proclaims, ‘The buck stops here!’ But, whenever his policies are criticized, he acts as if the buck stopped with George... ...
The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of "quantitative easing"
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of 'quantitative easing,' although the first round failed to reverse deflation. It failed because the money went to banks, which failed... ...
Is the Economy as Broke as Lehman Was?
By Michael Hudson Why bail out Wall Street - and not the quarter of U.S. homeowners unfortunate enough also to suffer "negative equity" but not qualify for the help that the officials they elect gave... ...
$12.8 Trillion: The True Cost Of The Bank Bailout
By KPBS We all know about TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which spent $700 billion in taxpayers' money to bail out banks after the financial crisis. - But it turns out that that $700 billion... ...
Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation
China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could face depreciation... ...