(via AFP) US President Barack Obama accelerated cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear program and expanded the assault even after the Stuxnet virus accidentally escaped in 2010,…
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Stiglitz: The Price of 9/11
Joseph Stiglitz:
The Price of 9/11, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Commentary, Project Syndicate: The September 11, 2001, terror attacks by Al Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, b…
Concern that Washington can’t control rising debts or create enough jobs to spur growth contributed to the crash as did the loss of America’s pristine AAA credit rating. Rising fears about Europe’s debt woes made matters worse.
The S&P 500 is down …
For three decades the United States has conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like this: Lower tax rates will encourage more investment, which in turn will mean more jobs and greater p…
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
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For affluent Americans outraged by the fiscal and social consequences of tax cuts handed to them by President George W. Bush and recently extended for two more years, a trio of similarly dismayed academics has furnished a way for them to put their m…
Hey, this guy sounds like a – gasp! – socialist! Seriously, sounds like Bernie has a good grasp of what’s going on with the Fed…
After years of stonewalling by the Fed, the American people are finally learning the incredible and jaw-dropping detai…
September 25, 2010
What the Rich Don’t Need
By RICHARD H. THALER
WANT to give affluent households a present worth $700 billion over the next decade? In a period of high unemployment and fiscal austerity, this idea may seem laughable. Amazingly, thou…