Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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Geithner & Kissinger Associates--pt. 2
From Bob Feldman: Treasury Secretary Designate Geithner's Kissinger Associates Connection--Part 2 Between 1986 and 1989, U.S. Treasury
3 Links on Global Demand
Reviving demand in the face of unprecedented deleveraging on the part of consumers and corporations (leaving governments--many already indebted to
Why Should We be Surprised? (Yves Smith)
We noticed the article in today's NY Times that the GAO will be releasing the first audit of
Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In
By David Bacon The Nation, web edition, November 26, 2008 Since 2001 the Bush administration has deported more than a
Motor City Meltdown (Thomas Palley)
Thomas Palley's latest policy op-ed. The financial crisis that began in 2007 has been persistently marked by muddled
Neoliberalism, the IMF, Summers, & Geithner
Interesting post by Ken Hanly on lbo-talk, about Obama's new economics appointees: Timothy Geithner (to be Treasury Secretary)
George Monbiot on the 'Other Crisis'
From the fantastic Tuesday morning Guardian columnist's latest. Note in particular this little item: "This approach is
In Other News: Three More Banks Go Down
Another one of those stories that would normally be front page news for a week but barely registers these days:
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Other Crises
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies documents how much more money is spent to bail out banks
Another Important Story Today
From today's Financial Times. This suggests that the selloffs from pension and other funds, that have followed the