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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Unemployment (Including Closures and Layoffs)
Two more unemployment items: * The unemployment rate in our fair commonwealth, Massachusetts, went over 7% for the first time in
Citi and GM Deathwatch
Citibank has now joined the ranks of the penny stocks. In 2006 the stock was trading at $55.70 and
Two Items on the Employee Free Choice Act
Economist Dani Rodrik had this nice post on his blog last week: What do Philippe Aghion and Dean Baker have
WSJ and Hightower on Wall Street Compensation
The bonuses and compensation at Merrill Lynch are front-page news in today's Wall Street Journal; here'
NYT Missing It on Women's Paychecks
From D&S collective member Amy Benjamin: The gender gap in pay is as persistent as ever, according to
OECD: Downturn Deeper than IMF Forecast
From Reuters: By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - The global economic downturn will be considerably deeper than even the International Monetary
The Costs of Hoarding at Elite Universities
Interesting article from BusinessWeek about finance in higher ed. Hat-tip to Bob F. Academic Endowments: The Curse of Hoarded
Costs of the Cuba Embargo--to the U.S.
There was a little bit of Cuba news today; the New York Times has an article about sightings of Fidel
Prisons: Pew on U.S., Monbiot on U.K.
Lots of prison news today. On the U.S. prison boom, a new study from the Pew Center on the
The Virtues of Concentration (Doug Henwood)
From Doug Henwood of Left Business Observer, responding to this op-ed from Saturday's Times. Relevant to our
Revenge of the Glut (Krugman)
Today's column from Paul Krugman is quite helpful. The connection he draws at the end with the paradox
Lessons from Global Corporate Frauds
An interesting article by Jayati Ghosh that discusses "control fraud" in a global context, including work by former