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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Why Not End Homelessness Now?
Here is the press release for the 13th annual Homelessness Marathon, an annual overnight radio broadcast on homelessness and poverty.
Greenspan Wins Dynamite Prize
From the folks at the Real-World Economics Review (formerly the Post-Autistic Economics Review); they initially called this the
Wall Street's Bailout Hustle (Matt Taibbi)
Matt Taibbi's latest at Rolling Stone; also check out a blog post by Taibbi in which he agrees
Top Firms Cause $2.2 Trillion in Eco-Damage (UN)
From the Guardian; hat-tip to Larry P. World's top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage, report
Commercial Real Estate: 'Extend and Pretend'
I have been meaning to post this for a while--interesting post from the Financial Times' Money Supply blog:
Vancouver Olympics--At What Price?
For good alternative Olympics coverage, check out a three-part radio series entitled The Winter Olympics Comes to the Northwest.
Kwak on Mankiw on the Deficit
From Baseline Scenario; hat-tip to LF. James Kwak and Simon Johnson have a new book, 13 Bankers: The Wall
What to Do About Housing Foreclosures?
Dollars & Sense and the Boston chapter of Democratic Socialists of America are co-sponsoring a forum on the housing
Rethinking Poverty today
United Nations University (UNU) Office at the United Nations in New York will present a book launch this afternoon to
Security and Order Not the Issue in Haiti (Alternet)
Excellent piece on Haiti by Arun Gupta at Alternet. More Pain for Devastated Haiti: Under the Pretense of Disaster Relief,
CEO-As-Hero on CBS (Labor Notes)
Excellent piece from Labor Notes. The best bit is about how the CEO blathers on this "reality" TV
Break Up With Your Big Bank (Bankster)
Here, from Bankster, is another example of anti-big-bank activism, albeit of the PC consumerist sort, that *might* be