December 15, 2008 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher As Americans respond to President-elect Obama call for town hall meetings on reform the American health care system, an understanding of how that system came to be the way it is can be crucial for figuring out how to fix it. The… Read More »
A GLOBAL PROGRAM FOR HARD TIMES
December 10, 2008 This is the second in a series of three posts on the Beijing Declaration’s proposals and next steps in implementing its vision. The times they are a-changing. US government officials long known as market fundamentalists seize banks, buy mortgage and insurance companies, and commit $7.7 trillion – half of the US… Read More »
GREEN PAPER GOLD
December 9, 2008 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith, & Jeremy Brecher; Edited by John Feffer There’s growing support for fighting global economic stagnation and global warming simultaneously with a “green New Deal” nationally and globally. Investing to cut greenhouse gasses can create “green jobs” and provide fiscal stimulus while it is protecting the planet…. Read More »
TODAY’S ECONOMIC CRISIS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
November 24, 2008 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith, and Jeremy Brecher The superlatives of the global economic meltdown of 2008 are, well, superlative. Professor Noriel Roubini of New York University says the current crisis is “the largest leveraged asset bubble and credit bubble in history.” The International Monetary Fund says, “In advanced economies,… Read More »
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