links for 2010-05-28

• Jesse's Café Américain: Guest Post: Slouching Toward Despotism
  "Former U.S. employers, who effectively have downsized and off-shored their way to record profits, will find they have destroyed their own customer base." this post is a very worthy read!
  (tags: economy obama economics finance reform financial bernanle consumer base china world GDP government boldvoices)
• Banking split essential to avoid new financial crisis, warns OECD adviser | Business | guardian.co.uk
  The financial reform is a small step…. even after the biggest recession since the great depression it might take more suffering to get actual structural change to the banking / financial system.
  (tags: economy finance obama reform amendment bernanke geithner uk economics wall street boldvoices)
• So Damn Little Money « The Baseline Scenario
  A good post by Simon Johnson on the political influence Wall Street has & some basic solutions to these problems.
  (tags: economy boldvoices obama bernanake geithner simon johnson IMF economics finance wall street reform amendment)

links for 2010-05-23

• Guest Post: Cap and Trade Is a Gigantic Scam « naked capitalism
  Many along with myself have been saying that proposed Cap & Trade doesn't actually reduce carbon emissions & does little to advance any transition to a self-sufficient energy system. Cantwell-Collins seems to be the best bill looming around congress right now. Please take a look at it.
  (tags: energy cap & trade bill carbon emissions obama climate change global warming wall street trading fraud eu)
• Low estimate of oil spill's size could save BP millions in court | McClatchy
  Interesting story. The collusion between government and big business comes more evident everyday.
  (tags: BP Oil Deepwater Horizon spill liability Obama america politics boldvoices)

links for 2010-05-18

• Choose Your Own Budget — In These Times
  The democratic process gets included into cuty budgeting plans. A great idea that reflects community prerogatives & needs that aren't necessarily met by city mayors.
  (tags: democracy usa chicago democrat liberal conservative money fiscal budget community boldvoices libertarian)

links for 2010-05-17

• The U.S. Government Is About To Get Hit With 'The Perfect Storm' Of Debt
  Even the optimistic forecasts by the CBO are grim. Though I believe they are not realistic.
  (tags: budget debt deficit interest politics CBO forecast national usa)

links for 2010-05-12

• Buffett joins greed Conspiracy Paul B. Farrell – MarketWatch
  Wake up, drop your denial, get active, demand guys like Uncle Warren, his fat-cat buddies and Obama's team snap out of their denial, fight a return to the old greedy, toxic, destructive culture … demand that your elected reps in Washington pass 1930's-style financial reforms … or America will soon trigger a bigger meltdown, a new Great Depression II and no longer be the world's leading superpower.
  (tags: economy politics obama unfunded social security liabilities eocnomics finance wall street banksters buffet warren bernanke geithner fat cat)

links for 2010-05-11

• Robert Reich (The White House Should Stop Pandering to the Street and Support Three Critical Banking Reforms)
  The White House Should Stop Pandering to the Street and Support Three Critical Banking Reforms
  (tags: Wall Street Banksters Blankfein Bernanke Banks Fed Federal reserve white house obama geithner populist financial refrom too-big-to-fail)
• Why is the Federal Reserve so afraid of openness and accountability? – By Eliot Spitzer – Slate Magazine
  "the Fed is picking winners and losers. Why Goldman but not Lehman? Why guarantee the debt of some companies but not others?"
  (tags: economy federal reserve audit GAO government politics monetary policy bernanke obama geithner AIG bailout banksters wall street fed)

links for 2010-05-10

• John Williams: Believe Him or Not | Feature | East Bay Express
  How the government has been tweeking & changing the economic indicators to give a rosy picture about our economic future. John Williams with Shadow Statistics goes a great job of uncovering the real numbers.
  (tags: economy inflation gold john williams economics finance indicators bernanke greenspan obama treasury geithner)

links for 2010-05-07

• “A Process That Only We Fully Understand” « The Baseline Scenario
  Federal Reserve explainging (crying) why they shouldnt be audited. James Kwak proves otherwise.
  (tags: economy fedral reserve bernanke politics zimbabwe boldvoices audit the fed ron paul)
• The Oil Drum: Europe | The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind
  The economics of Wind generated power & gas fueled.
  (tags: economics green energy wind turbines politics economy finance future boldvoices regulation deregualtion capital)

links for 2010-05-07

• “A Process That Only We Fully Understand” « The Baseline Scenario
  Federal Reserve explainging (crying) why they shouldnt be audited. James Kwak proves otherwise.
  (tags: economy fedral reserve bernanke politics zimbabwe boldvoices audit the fed ron paul)
• The Oil Drum: Europe | The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind
  The economics of Wind generated power & gas fueled.
  (tags: economics green energy wind turbines politics economy finance future boldvoices regulation deregualtion capital)

links for 2010-05-05

• The Homeless at College – BusinessWeek
  For-profit schools are tapping shelters and halfway houses for new students, loading them with debt and leaving taxpayers on the hook
  (tags: school college for profit economy economics politics debt obama phoenix university)