A Last Push To Deregulate –White House to Ease Many Rules

Why is it that our habitat always loses out to the Lobbyocracy? If there is any good aspect to the chaos unfolding in every sphere today, it is that we can plainly see that "the market" has not succeeded in...

UPDATE: The Paulson Bailout IS a Stick Up!

An article, appearing at Forbes.com, on September 23, 2008, discussing Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson's bailout plan, supported by Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, the plan...

Three Quick Howlers from John McCain

"Lately, John McCain has been serving up some real howlers—claims ridiculously out of kilter with his record—all delivered with a straight face. Here is one of the howlers from his acceptance speech at the...

Sucking Up to the Bankers: A Bipartisan Lovefest by Robert Scheer

"This is a time to condemn the bankers, not to embrace them. They are the scoundrels who got us into the biggest economic mess since the Great Depression, lining their own pockets while destroying the life savings of those who trusted them. Yet both of our leading...

Fed Figures at Odds with Ohio Development Awards; Consumer Advocates Lobby fo...

BLS Monthly Mass Layoff Numbers Paint a Different Picture from “Silver Shovel Award” Honors OhioNewsBureau By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: With Ohio’s unemployment rate a full percentage point...

Free Markets Might Not Mean Freedom After All

"Over the last several decades, a new idea about freedom has, slowly, eroded our beliefs about what freedom really means. [...]They tell us that free markets and personal freedom are, actually, the same thing [... and] restricting or regulating markets just prevents people...

London Progressive Journal - Hay Festival Raises More Questions Than Answers

Located in remote, tranquil countryside, near the border of England andWales, Hay-on-Wye is a small town famous for its bookshops. Yet thisdiscrete and inconspicuous place delivered a telling message to allthose who travelled to its annual literary festival:...

Trailer Park Boys' 'Ricky' Tells CRTC he prefers all-Canadian Content

Well, the cable companies were warned it would happen, and now it has. Actors, production companies and broadcasters from across Canada are calling on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications...

Private sector gear for water

The wondrous substance, water, will soon be unleashed as the biggest commodity of all time onto the world of commerce. If you thought oil was big, wait for this one!.""I think, ultimately, the next step is to...

Who Benefits From Telco Deregulation

"The point is that prices for Canadian telecom services are high by American standards and the changes announced by the government are unlikely to put a smile on your face when you rip open the phone bill. If prices were set to plunge, you wouldn't see the phone company...

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The Joy Of Deregulation

"Blackouts strike Edmonton, Calgary as power cut When our City owned EPCOR was not a P3, which it has become, its responsibilities were to the Citizens of Edmonton. As we saw yesterday its responsibilities are to its shareholders and only the citizens it serves incidentally"

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