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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Bringing Overpaid Executives to Heel
From today's LA Times. Hat-tip to Danny Postel. The cover story in our Nov/Dec issue, Have
Pillaging Villains of the Financial Crisis
A review of It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Back-room Deals from Washington to Wall Street by Nomi Prins (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).
Get on That Scale!
Starting this year, North Carolina teachers and state employees will be subjected to health compliance testing to qualify for their
Empire and Entitlements
Dear Dr. Dollar: In his book Colossus (2004), Niall Ferguson argues that a major problem with Social Security and Medicare
Ponzi Collapses Nearly Quadrupled in '09 (AP)
From the Associated Press: Read the rest of the article.
Appeal to Our Blog Readers
Dear Regular Visitors to the D&S blog: If you read postings to the D&S blog via
$57,077.60, Surging by the Minute (Jo Comerford)
Tom Engelhart's last post of the year over at TomDispatch, is In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities: Why War Will
Krugman vs. Hudson on Samuelson
I was alerted by this post on Naked Capitalism to a back-and-forth between Paul Krugman and Michael Hudson
Bernanke, Time, Senate Banking Committee
Well the New York Times website is reporting that the Senate Banking Committee just approved Ben Bernanke for a second
Howard Dean: Kill the Senate Health Care Bill
From a Vermont Public Radio broadcast from Tuesday: Hear the segment.