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IMF Says U.S. Financial System May Need $76 Billion in Capital
US economy shows signs of slowdown as consumer spending falters "Normally at this stage of the recovery we see confidence returning, but that just isn't happening at the moment. Instead we see anxiety... ...
The graveyard of empires
Future of Freedom Foundation by Jacob G. Hornberger 07/28/10 They don’t call Afghanistan the graveyard of empires for nothing. Just ask Great Britain and Russia. It seems that the U.S. Empire, however,... ...
Shadow Banking Makes A Comeback
By Mike Whitney Financial system instability is no accident. It's Central Bank policy. As financial institutions discover they can no longer count on organic growth in the real economy to increase profits,... ...
Why Not Another World War?
http://www.lewrockwell.com /schiff/schiff102.html Wa r, Women, and the Taliban http://www.lewrock well.com/orig7/glass10.1.h tml -------- Don’t You Know There’s a War On? http://www.commondream s.org/view/2010/07/20-2 H ello,... ...
Deficit hawks or war hawks?
Foundation for Economic Education by Sheldon Richman 07/16/10 Last week’s TGIF asked if the American people can afford a world-girdling foreign policy more befitting an empire than a republic. Look at... ...
GOP: No More Help for Jobless, but Rich Must Keep Tax Cuts
David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: "Republicans almost unanimously oppose spending $33.9 billion for extended unemployment benefits for some 2.5 million people who've lost them, because they say it... ...
Unjust spoils
The Nation by Robert Reich 06/30/10 Consider: in 1928 the richest 1 percent of Americans received 23.9 percent of the nation’s total income. After that, the share going to the richest 1 percent steadily... ...
U.S. home foreclosures reached a record
Bulging Inventory Signals Next Leg Down in Housing By Mike Whitney "U.S. home foreclosures reached a record for the second consecutive month in May, with increases in every state, as lenders stepped... ...
The war on terrorism is crooked, corrupt, and hypocritical
Future of Freedom Foundation by Jacob G. Hornberger 06/09/10 The so-called war on terrorism will surely go down in U.S. history as one of the most ridiculous, inane, hypocritical, crooked, corrupt, and... ...
Washington’s elite: Wasting billions and borrowing trillions
FreedomWorks by Matthew Clemente 06/08/10 These ’spend now/pay later’ policies have left America with an estimated $1.5 trillion deficit for 2009. That means that the federal government is spending $12,664... ...