Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future
Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.
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Rebuild the Economy: Invest in People
The New York Times published my letter below December 26, 2008. Meanwhile, Mother Jones has just published (not yet online)
Judge Finds Starbucks Guilty of Union-Busting
Some good news: an NLRB victory for Starbucks workers, organizing with the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies.
FT Falls Down on IndyMac Fraud
The Financial Times had a rather pithy piece (see below in full) on the fraud at IndyMac, reported in yesterday&
Iceland Gives Christmas Frosty Reception
A grim story from today's Financial Times (posted to their website yesterday). Best quote, from the end of
Feldstein: Let the Stimulus Be Military
Martin Feldstein, econ professor at Harvard and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan, reveals in this
O. to Create Loopholes for Venture Capitalists
From our friends at the American Small Business League. We posted an earlier press release from them about Obama'
Bill Black on IndyMac/Thrift Fraud
The article on the fraud at IndyMac in the business section of today's New York Times quotes UMKC
Toyota Profits Hit Pothole
Toyota expects to report its first operating loss in 70 years. The company announced that it will likely post a
Open Letter to O. on Jobs and Gender
This open letter was initiated by Linda Gordon, professor of history at NYU, whose research (especially in her book Pitied
Smithfield Workers Finally Unionize
Workers at the largest meat processing plant in the United States, Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, N.C., finally voted
Dissenting Account of the Republic Settlement
An interesting dissenting view, from Darren Hutchinson of Dissenting Justice on the settlement between Bank of America and workers who
Protests in Greece Have an Economic Basis
Who would know, from much of the media coverage, that the protests that have been happening in Greece have to