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.
Latest news (Page 80)
Three Big Headlines: BP, Banking, Goldman
Wow--three big headlines today: (1) BP supposedly manages to cap the Deepwater Horizon well--for now, at least--after
The Root of Economic Fragility (Reich)
Interesting piece from Robert Reich's blog. An excerpt: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Missing from almost all discussion of
Financial Reform Inches More
It now appears that with Scott Brown (our "populist" senator from Massachusetts) has agreed to support the reconciled
History of BP and Transocean
Yestesrday's Times had an article about the alleged misdeeds of Transocean, the company that owned (still owns, I
Dean Baker on David Brooks
Dean Baker posted a great response to that David Brooks column I mentioned yesterday. Here's what he says:
The Bleak Jobs Picture
Friday's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was bleak. Though the unemployment rate went down to
The Underpants Gnomes of Wall Street
A review of The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein (New York: Penguin Books, 2010).
Keep it in the Ground
An alternative vision for petroleum emerges in Ecuador. But will Big Oil win the day?
Not Too Big Enough
How the "too-big-to-fail" banks got that way, and why the current banking reform won't solve the problem.
Banking Reform Inching Forward (or Backward?)
The dust is slowly settling on the reconciled version of the banking reform bill, as we find out what deals
July/August 2010 Issue
We have sent our July/August 2010 issue to the printers, and we will soon be emailing it to e-