May 2012 Archive

Adam Davidson Parrots Disinformation as He Extols Rule by the Top 0.1%

By Yves Smith: Adam Davidson is moving up in the world. He has gone from fellating the 1% to the top 0.1%. But bear in mind that ...

The Fault for a Trade Deficit is by Definition the Value of the Currency

By Dean Baker: Eduardo Porter told readers in his Economic Scene column that because China’s trade surplus overall has fallen, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: “will have a harder time ...

Dear David Horowitz, Stop the Slander and Come to Palestine

By Mark LeVine: Dear David, It’s been too long. I was a little surprised that I was not part of your just published list of dangerous, Jew- ...

Bad Headline Mars Good NY Times Story Debunking Lindzen’s ‘Discredited’ Cloud Theory. Can You Do Better?

By Joe Romm: Your not-so-impossible mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a headline that better reflects the actual content of today’s NY Times article, ...

Homeownership Rate Plummets and NYT and Post Don’t Notice

By Dean Baker: Every quarter the Census Bureau puts out data on vacancy rates and homeownership. For some reason, this release is almost always ignored. This is ...