Economy
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Accounting Tweak Could Save Fed From Losses (Reuters)
Jan. 21, 2011 (Reuters) -- Concerns that the Federal Reserve could suffer losses on its massive bond holdings may have driven the central bank to adopt a little-noticed accounting change with huge ...
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Tunisia: How We Got Here and the Task Ahead (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 27, 2011 -- Hunger strikes. These were the last resort for Tunisian activists as they fought against a brutal and highly oppressive regime. Prior to the ousting ...
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Why are you so negative? (and other FAQ) (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 27, 2011 -- FAQ: Why are you attacking me for my way of life? Mickey Z: That’s easy: Our way of life is really a "way of death" and is directly responsible for the ...
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Imagination Nation (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 20, 2011 -- Sometimes you just can't sleep at night. We ask ourselves questions and throw ourselves into a national tizzy when a mentally ill man sprays a ...
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The Ultimate Oxymoron: Industrial Civilization And Mental Health (Carolyn Baker)
Industrial civilization does not occur among healthy people. ~Ken Carey, Return of The Bird People~ Jan. 11, 2011 -- In the days following the tragic Tucson massacre where Congresswoman Gabrielle ...
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Downsize or Modify? A Conversation with Noam Chomsky (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 18, 2011 -- While Noam Chomsky surely needs no introduction, as they say, that doesn't mean interviewing him has to follow a blueprint. So, after seeing him in a ...
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Ain't That America (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 12, 2011 -- I've heard through the grapevine that the media feeding frenzy is in full swing. The shooting. The shooting! The shooting. But the shooting is ...
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America has ‘reached the point of no return,’ Reagan budget director warns (Nathan Diebenow)
Jan. 10, 2011 (RawStory) -- The Obama administration's $78 billion cut to US defense spending is a mere "pin-prick" to a behemoth military-industrial complex that must drastically shrink for the ...
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Economic Prediction for 2011: Profits for Wall St, More Pain for Main St (Robert Reich)
Dec. 30, 2010 (RobertReich.org) -- What will happen to the US economy in 2011? If you're referring to profits of big corporations and Wall Street, next year is likely to be a good one. But if you're ...
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Tax Cuts Move US Closer to Fiscal Crisis (Simon Johnson)
Dec. 30, 2010 (The Capital Times, Wisconsin) -- President Barack Obama is receiving congratulations for moving to the center on the tax agreement with Republicans last week. Both sides think they ...
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In Money-Changers We Trust (Robert Scheer)
Dec. 28, 2010 (TruthDig) -- Two years into the Obama presidency and the economic data is still looking grim. Don’t be fooled by the gyrations of the stock market, where optimism is mostly a ...
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