Restore Money Creation to the People- The Power Belongs to Us

George Washington discusses the need for a new model for our monetary system and looks at some alternatives. One noteworthy model that has already proven successful: the State of North Dakota is the only one in the...

U.S. Society Headed for Major Crisis

A five-part report by David DeGraw on the economic meltdown fallout and the factors that contributed to it. Essentially, the people of the U.S. and the world are suffering now and facing worse times due to the...

So far, US malls have aura of economic anxiety

Not much confidence,  much anxiety,  in America's malls at start of holiday seasonAs the Holiday shopping season begins,  US Malls are not empty,  but retailers are not confident, and clerks are...

Human beings as transactions, and the ensuing violent rage

"The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it."  Scott Thill,  journalist,  Alternet If there is anything which is a philosophical...

Now CIT Group goes belly up!

As the economists battle with numbers, charts and calculations trying to figure if recovery is here or not, one more financial giant went down fighting. The latest casualty is the CIT Group. CIT Group is among the...

Cleaning up the mess of Wall Street

Dan Collins of Huffington Post talks about federal Judge Jed Rakoff,  and how he is taking Wall Street by storm,  insisting on accountability,  and prepared to tackle cleaning up the mess: After...

"The House is on Fire" says Nation blog

From the liberal perspective of Nation blogger Katrina Vanden Heuvel  -  a well respected journalist and author,  by the way  -  the crisis of our Nation is nothing less than a dire...

Chaos erupts at Detroit federal aid center

Detroit -- The Cobo Center erupted into a hectic scene of chaos today as thousands of Detroit citizens thronged in.  They were coming to apply for federal aid for rent and utility bills.  Some...

China's Role in The Economic Crisis.

By: Rev. Jermano   China helped cause The Economic Crisis, and their dishonesty in not being truthful about it, is a pity. America has been pinned to the mat by China News and Commentary for being the...

Pope Blames Greed for Economic Crisis

The pope has singled out greed and selfishness and the two main causes for the world economic crisis, according to the BBC. Speaking to a group of priests earlier this year he said he didnt want to give...

US Unemployment Rate Increases to 9.5%, a 26-year high

The US unemployment rate, which increased to 9.5%, has hit a 26-year high, according to a report released today by the US Department of Labor. This increase in unemployment occurred because US businesses laid off...

1999 NY Times Article Foretells Current Economic Meltdown

This is a blog post I wrote after coming across an article the New York Times had published in 1999, just after the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which Republocrats are trying to avoid talking about, but...

From jobless to topless in times of recession

This is one of the few subjects for which I cannot provide any photographs (sorry!). I must say that the story in question appears to be more of a recruitment advertisment for the sex industry than a genuine...

Postal Service Changes Raise Cash, Fight Hunger

The U.S. Postal Service expects to save more than $100 million annually through a series of steps, but a handful of other steps reportedly being taken by the agency during its economic crisis will raise both cash...

Transatlantic tension at G20 summit

Probably there is no danger of interminable discord when leaders of the Group of 20 gather in London to address the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Just one day, to do what their predecessors failed to...

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