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daggatt blog: the greenspan legacy
Well, I am happy that daggatt is around to clarify. MBPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 10, 2008
t r u t h o u t | Saved by the Deficit?
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 10, 2008AlterNet: The Bailout: How Capitalism Killed Democracy
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 10, 2008t r u t h o u t | Who Will Look After the Economy Until January?
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 10, 2008NYT Op-Eds (3)
Paul Krugman supports international cooperation for a solution to the economic crisis ("If a new rescue plan is not announced this weekend, the world economy may experience its worst slump since the Great Depression"); David Brooks laments his parties' self-destructive ideology - and how Sarah Palin is making it worse ("Over the past few decades, Republican political tacticians decided to mobilize their coalition with a form of social class warfare"); and an economist suggests that the planned federal take-over of some banks is unnecessary - and ill-conceived ("The non-financial sectors will not suffer much from the banking crisis, because the general economic importance of banks has been highly exaggerated").Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 10, 2008
NYT (3): International News/Economy
U.S. and Britain seek global approach to economic crisis; Iceland's teetering economy finally collapses completely; and Ukraine's president disbands parliament and calls for emergency elections.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 10, 2008
NYT (3): Environment
Native Americans get in on wind power; endangered "right whales" get additional protections; and children as "pint-sized eco-police."Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 10, 2008
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"John McCain may feel compelled to go back to his guilt-by-association theme. And this has me feeling very guilty about my associates" (Collins); "It is paradoxical for the “pro-life” Bush administration to adopt a policy whose result will be tens of thousands of additional abortions each year" (Kristof); "If the nation plunges into a deeper recession, the deficit will be even larger as a proportion of the economy. Yet all is not what it seems" (Reich).Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 9, 2008
NYT (3): National Politics
The economy is helping Democrats in Congressional races; possible illegal state actions to block voters; and McCain's hypocritical charge of "cronyism."Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 9, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
If you think the U.S. stock market is suffering, Russia's S&P index has fallen 53% and some of its markets have closed completely; and the Cihcago sheriff takes an unusual, and welcome, step in preventing evictions due to foreclosure.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 9, 2008
AlterNet: Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out “Crowd Control”
Martial Law threat to CongressPosted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 9, 2008
t r u t h o u t | Pakistan Facing Bankruptcy
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 9, 2008Truthdig - Republican Economic Theories Don’t Add Up
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 9, 2008Truthdig - Dennis Kucinich on the Democrats’ Bailout Betrayal
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 9, 2008AlterNet: The End of American Capitalism? 5 Short Takes on Where the Financial Crisis Might Be Headed
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 9, 2008Reality intrudes and McCain buckles
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, October 9, 2008NYT Op-Eds (3)
Maureen Dowd gets pride of place with her on-target comparison of McCain and Atwater ("John McCain has long been torn between wanting to succeed and serving a higher cause. Right now, the drive to succeed is trumping any loftier aspirations"); Tom Friedman questions Palin's "patriotism" ("Sarah Palin defended the surge in Iraq and the $700 billion rescue plan. Yet, she said that Americans who pay taxes to support such endeavors should not be considered patriotic"); and former NYC Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro gets it right re Bloomberg's attempt to make an end run around term limits ("Mayor Michael Bloomberg should support the immediate appointment of a charter revision commission that would submit a term limits proposition directly to the voters").Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
Even poor little Iceland is feeling the crisis crunch; and despair over the market leads to the death of an entire family.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
NYT (3): International
Biofuel subsidies may be increasing hunger; European legislators weaken some laws re greenhouse gases; and protests in Thailand get bigger - and uglier.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Debate II: Who is John McCain?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, October 8, 2008NYT Op-Eds (3)
"What we haven’t paid close enough attention to is the fact that there haven’t been enough good paying jobs to sustain an adequate standard of living" (Herbert); "Today, world leaders have to figure out how to stabilize economies amid volatile global capital flows. This test is rooted in a shift in economic power" (Brooks); and three economists suggest questions they would most like to hear John McCain and Barack Obama answer in tonight’s presidential debate.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Barbara Ehrenreich: The Communist Manifesto Turns 160
"This year marks the 160th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto and capitalism--a k a "free enterprise"--seems willing to observe the occasion by dropping dead" - Ehrenreich in The NationPosted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
NYT (5): Economic Crisis
Four articles on various aspects of the crisis, both national and global; and a link to a special section on the crisis and what can be done about it.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A country in shambles under GOP rule
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, October 7, 2008Keating Economics and McCain | Watch the Video
When I was CEO of Butler Company we were approached by Keating for a joint venture. We nearly went for it. He was surely a slick operator. Too slick which just made me concerned. MBPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, October 6, 2008
