Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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Porno Industry Begs for It
Well, at least two of its luminaries are doing that, tongue in cheek (no pun intended),according to a report
Big Holes For 401k and Pension Funds
Private sector pensions of the S&P's index of the 1,500 largest private companies are underfunded
What Should Be Done (James K. Galbraith)
James K. Galbraith, who teaches economics at the UT-Austin, stopped by the Dollars & Sense booth at the ASSA (see
NYT on ASSA
From the business section of today's New York Times. Louis Uchitelle drew about the same conclusion I did
Outsourcing Corporate Crime To India
The CEO of one of India's largest outsourcing companies, Satyam (Irony alert: the word means "truth"
Starbucks Faces Worker Rights Charges
From the Starbucks Workers Union/Industrial Workers of the World: Starbucks' Legal Troubles Deepen as Union Files Charges with
Home Sales At 7-Year Low
The latest numbers show that home sales are still in the tank throughout the country, despite mortgage rates that are
Report from the ASSA
A quick report from the 2009 meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Association (as the economists grandiosely call their meetings)
Too Much Office Space Spells Big Trouble
The next big financial time bomb could well be commercial real estate. Vacancy rates have skyrocketed across the country, rental
Stock Market's Loss Means Higher Wages?
Dean Baker has put forth a provocative claim on his blog: New Year's Day edition of the Washington
Steel Industry Looking For $1 Trillion
The next contender in the category of "too big to fail" appears to be Big Steel. Through the