…UN High Commissioner for human rights has warned of “an increasingly severe impact on the human rights of the people of Cuba” from loss of water delivery—including drinking water and sanitation. Delivery…

…severe and that the I/S ratio appears to be peaking. If you look at other data you find that for example the semiconductor industry is operating at 54.7% of capacity,…

…1981-82. As you can see on the chart, the 1920-21 recession was hardly comparable to the 1929-33 economic collapse. It was a severe one, but hardly almost as severe as…

Here is an interesting (as always) cyber discussion between Brad DeLong and Dean Baker. DeLong asserted (as he often does) that the great recession was so severe because of finance…

…can last for years. Student loans violate longstanding economic principles and as such the beliefs of the Founders. Today, Congress has placed conditions on student loan bankruptcy so severe; that…

…ranked among the top 10 costliest hurricanes to batter the United States. And while hurricanes and wildfires command the most attention, severe convective storms (those traditional hailstorms that generate tornadoes and severe…

…European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund have undoubtedly resulted in a severe contraction that will continue for at least this year. But little has been…

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label…

…ridiculous. But it does have the advantage of carrying with it the Madisonian Freedom/Liberty tag, a label that the Koch right confers upon anything it wishes, because that surely will…