May 2012 Archive

Risky Business – Paul Krugman on Wall Street Regulation

By Marie Burns: In today’s New York Times, economist Paul Krugman joins the chorus of experts warning against allowing too-big-to-fail banks to engage in risky business, especially with other ...

Fables of Wealth: Capitalists and Other Psychopaths – NYTimes.com

By William Deresiewicz: THERE is an ongoing debate in this country about the rich: who they are, what their social role may be, whether they are ...

Bill Keller Wrong on Rights

By Daniel Warner: Today's editorial by Bill Keller entitled “Diplomats and Dissidents” is thoughtful, as to be expected, but decidedly skewed in terms of human rights...

Krugman Goes Doomer! This is Going To Hurt.

By Poll Watcher: Paul Krugman posted something on his blog that knocked me right out of my chair. I have disagreed with Dr. Krugman several times in the past only to find myself proven wrong.

Occupy the SEC to Jamie Dimon: We Told You So

By Occupy the SEC: Jamie Dimon’s plan to enfeeble the Dodd-Frank reforms, specifically the Volcker rule, has blown up spectacularly. Apparently JPMorgan was so confident that their interpretation of the hedging exemption would prevail, that they got ahead of themselves and operated as if this loophole were in effect.

IAEA Refuses Iran Cooperation Pact Until After Parchin Visit – IPS ipsnews.net

By Gareth Porter: WASHINGTON, May 13, 2012 (IPS) – Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano has signaled that there will be no ...

Various Matters: Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com

By Glenn Greenwald: …In The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Robert Worth has a long and superbly reported article on the rampant torture, lawlessness, arbitrary detentions, ...

Colleges as Merchants of Debt

By Yves Smith: Student loan debt slavery is even worse than you probably thought. The Grey Lady had a long, informative story, “A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College“, that early on presents the stunning tidbit that 94% of the recipients of bachelor’s degrees borrowed in order to pay for it.

‘Beer Sniffing’ Reporters Invade Pine Ridge

By Tim Giago: The “beer sniffing” reporters from across the country, particularly those of The New York Times, descended upon the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. First ...

Banning Beer on the Reservation? How Prohibition Harms the Alcohol-Addicted Oglala Sioux

By Tony Newman: For the second time in a year, the New York Times has covered the devastation of alcohol abuse on the Native American tribe of Oglala ...

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