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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4Q GDP Up 5.7%, Wages/Benes At Record Low
Brad DeLong thinks that the GDP reading suggests that next week's productivity numbers will be around 7%, adding
Root Canals, Rhetoric, or Real Reform?
This is from Bankster; hat-tip to comrade Steve S. of United for a Fair Economy. We are glad someone
Labor Needs a New Survival Plan (Steve Early)
From today's Boston Globe, by frequent D&S contributor Steve Early: REPUBLICAN SCOTT Brown's Senate
Tony Blair To Face Iraq Inquiry Tomorrow
Former British PM Tony Blair is set to face a House of Commons inquiry tomorrow concerning the legality of the
Scurrilous Videos Besmirch Davos Forum
From the hilarious Yes Men. Coincidence: the last time I saw Howard Zinn was at a screening of their film
Howard Zinn
It is a sad day. As you have probably heard, left historian Howard Zinn, author of A People's
AIG and the Hindered Haircut
Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, and Henry Paulson (remember him?) are being grilled today on Capitol Hill as part of investigations
Our Wars Are Killing Us (Tom Engelhardt)
The latest from TomDispatch is about military spending--quite timely given the spending freeze--except "security-related" spending-
Obama's Freeze: Barack Herbert Hoover Obama? (Brad DeLong)
As reported on the front page of today's Times, Obama is now proposing a freeze on government spending,
Underwater, But Will They Leave the Pool?
Some remarkable honesty about the class (although of course without using that term) dynamics of capitalism showed up in Saturday’
Questions for Bernanke (Simon Johnson)
There is somewhat suddenly some opposition to Ben Bernanke's reconfirmation as Fed chair, as reported at the New
SCOTUS Guts Campaign Spending Limits
Just noticed this on the New York Times website. Jeesh. Justices Overturn Key Campaign Limits By ADAM LIPTAK Published: January