When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
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Corporate America's Counter-Stimulus Strategy
Firms decide to shut profitable plants while spurning buyers.
Tax Havens and the Financial Crisis
From offshore havens to financial centers, banking secrecy faces scrutiny.
Sen. Durbin: Bankers 'Own' Congress
From Glenn Greenwald's blog at Salon.com; hat-tip to LF: Thursday April 30, 2009 05:35 EDT
Chrysler to File for Bankruptcy
The big banks went for the deal, but the hedge funds wouldn't budge. Now it's headed
NAFTA Flu?
From an interview with Robert Wallace, a geographer who has studied avian flu, on Democracy Now!. Hat-tip to LF.
Yes, Things Are Really Bad
Another fabulously depressing economic snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI): GDP Picture
Is Factory Pig Farming To Blame For Swine Flu?
In the face of what may soon become a global pandemic, the pork industry has begun lobbying to have officials
Citibank and Bank of America Fail Stress Tests
Six of the nation's 19 largest banks have failed the Federal Reserve's "Stress Tests,"
American Casino (GritTV)
Interview about a new documentary, on GritTV (also new? I hadn't heard of it) with Laura Flanders (whom