…you can turn to, including Yves Smith, David Dayen, and Marcy Wheeler, all of whom have put up great pieces worth looking at in the last couple of days. Numerian…

Ten great cities dying of thirst in Wallstreet 24/7 points to a problem already serious in some cases, and during the 2007/2008 drought made readily apparent – our lack of…

Echoes of Japan, echoes of the Great Depression. One of the few economists who knows history closes a post by presenting the proper context for the choices: A quick exit…

…to 1960 to the period from 1929 to 1940 (beginning of the Great Recession to a year before the US’ entry into the war) by indexing. The following graph shows…

…to purchase that debt. Which in turn has led to such things as that new ad; How Great Nations Fall: “Now They Work for Us”. Well how does this actually…

…driven economy (Coming boomer pension cuts…what impact on the economy, by Diana Jean Schemo) might have on the Great Recession. It is long and has great links: Over the last…

…to a great deal of hysteria about “the deficit” and the huge horrible Burden of Social Security, including the mysterious Trust Fund: is it real? or only Phony Iou’s? has…

…are soybeans in Brazil that require less nitrogen (fertilizer) to grow. Have great hope for Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Senegal—devoting resources to those countries in expectation of great returns. Focused…

Busy week, so just a couple of things of note. Via Dr. Black, my old neighborhood gets a chance to build a better future: “It’s a great partnership among a…

…is surfacing, the acceptance of specialists and surgeons into IDS models. Historically there has been a great deal of friction between these docs and the hospitals. Why the change? Fear…