guest post by Sandwichman Five Million Jobs? “It is remarkable, in view of the virtual unanimity of opinion among economists as to the general shape of the relationship between hours and output, that the effect of hours shortening has received so little attention in published projections. It is often completely ignored even in their description.” […]
The NYT reports a new status for Afghanistan’s future if accurate: The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown deposits […]
reposted from The BellAn op-ed. Obama Has Lead Us to the Shore; It Is Up to Us to Decide What Government’s Role Will Be There and Elsewhere President Obama and the federal government garnered widespread criticism for failing to act quickly enough and do enough to staunch the flow of crude oil spewing from a […]
Rdan here…In a 2007 case, the conservative majority overturned voluntary racial integration programs in Seattle and Louisville, Ky. Earlier this year, in the Citizens United campaign-finance case, the court’s conservatives struck down a federal law that prohibited corporations from spending on federal elections. Both relied on interpretation of vaguely worded constitutional guarantee. by Beverly Manncrossposted […]
Savvy consumer of the St. Louis Today on line edition points us in the direction Pete Peterson might be suggesting from this post: Debtors prisons might have gone the way of medical leeching and boneshaker bikes, but that doesn’t mean consumers in some states can’t end up in the clink if they fall behind on […]
by Linda BealeNeal Bill: US companies use of affiliated reinsurers to avoid taxes US insurers are complaining about the Neal Bill, HR 3424, introduced Jul 30, 2009, which would disallow a deduction to a US company for “excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums” with respect to US risks that are “paid to affiliates” (quoted language is from […]
You may have noted that there are green links appearing in posts. This is a mistake on someone’s part and is not a feature Angry Bear endorses nor tolerates. I am in the process of finding out and correcting. It is being done separately from the normal editing function. Please be patient……. Update: Ah hah. […]
Lifted from an e-mail from coberly We learn why they hate social security: NCPSSM e-mail (update)Apparently, these are the “good-old days” our nation’s fiscal hawks relish. The Peterson Foundation’s David Walker co-hosted CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning (personally, we yearn for the good-old days when so-called “news” shows were hosted by journalists—not partisan advocates—but that’s […]
by Mike Kimel Looking at Mitch Daniel’s Single Organizational Goal So I took a break form useful work and wandered over to a few right wing blogs to see what’s going on at that end of the world. Here’s how the latest post at Betsy’s Page starts: Andrew Ferguson profiles Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana. […]