[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM] Do you have one of these? I got a little obsessed with mine, in fact I got a little obsessed with all my stuff. … Story of StuffRead more
Economics
Posted inEconomics / Financial crisis / ToMl
A Hidden $34 Billion Bank Subsidy
One of the key terms to come out of the nation’s economic meltdown has been “too big to fail.” The government has funneled billions of … A Hidden $34 Billion Bank SubsidyRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
Environmental impact of foods
Which foods have the smallest (and largest) energy footprint, thereby having the most environmental impact? While most people probably realize that meat products have a … Environmental impact of foodsRead more
Posted inEconomics
Fix WTO rules and stop the Doha round
As the G-20 meets in Pittsburgh, a new report from Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch warns that the World Trade Organization has long advanced extreme … Fix WTO rules and stop the Doha roundRead more
Posted inEconomics / Wage / Worker
The real value your job
We are in the wake of the worst financial crisis for a century. Yet this Christmas, many highly paid employees of City banks that are … The real value your jobRead more
Posted inEconomics / Financial crisis / USA Empire
Obama Banking Too Much on Banks
Wall Street Monday to promote a regulatory overhaul of the US financial system. The visit came on the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the … Obama Banking Too Much on BanksRead more
Posted inEconomics / Poverty / Social
Economic growth and poverty
Poor countries need to grow, definitely, but those that are already rich ought to slow down and free up some biocapacity. Will that condemn the … Economic growth and povertyRead more
Posted inBank / Economics / Financial crisis / USA Empire
Free loan
It’s been exactly one year since the onset of the financial crisis and the passage of the Bush administration’s $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. … Free loanRead more
Posted inEconomics / Social
Prosperity Without Growth
The problem is that in the longer term, stability and growth are incompatible. “An economy predicated on the perpetual expansion of debt-driven materialistic consumption is … Prosperity Without GrowthRead more
Posted inEconomics / Slavery
Slavery in the world
Kevin Bales, a leader in the abolition movement to end modern-day slavery. He estimates some 27 million people labor as slaves today—more than at any … Slavery in the worldRead more