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Drumbeats on Social Security
The New York Times had something of a scare-mongering front-page article on Social Security the other day. The
Health Care Reform: A Victory for the Little Guy?
David Leonhardt, the New York Times economics reporter, has a cover story in today's paper, In Health Bill,
Obamacare: "Asprin for Cancer" (PNHP)
It has become an annual Left Forum tradition for some D&S folks to meet up with D&
D&S @ Left Forum
Come visit the D&S exhibit table at the 2010 Left Forum, Pace University, New York City, this weekend—
Black and Spitzer on Lehman Fraud
More on the scandal that is brewing in connection with the last months of Lehman Bros.: Today's New
Synergy in Security
An article in yesterday's New York Times, Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants, traces the
Lehman: The Art of the 'Sale'
Friday saw the release of a mammoth official report on the demise of the late, lamented Lehman Brothers. Written by
(Repost from March 9:) Items on Greece
A couple of items on Greece: First, Mike-Frank Epitropoulos, who is working on an article for us on the
(Repost from Feb. 25:) Goldman Sachs and Greece
Dear blog readers: This is a restored version of one of the posts, from Feb. 25, that we lost when
Unemployment at 9.7%; Links on Jobs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs numbers for February this morning; find the Employment Situation Summary here. I
Debt Vultures in Liberia (Greg Palast)
Greg Palast continues to follow the story of debt vultures who "buy up the loans of poor governments, wait
A Titanic Budget (Jo Comerford)
A great piece from Jo Comerford of the National Priorities Project, recently posted at TomDispatch. Here is Tom Engelhardt'