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Friday Talking Points [30] -- "Mainstream Media Out To Lunch" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news?

So do I. Any event of this magnitude would be the lead story on every evening news broadcast in the nation....

How National Debt Is Contributing to Public Disenchantment with Government

Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted April 28, 2008 | Business


Read More: Debt, Deficit, Recession
Andrew L. Yarrow

America's $9.3-trillion-and-growing national debt rightly has been blamed for many economic ills that lurk on our nation's horizon, but it also had the stealth effect of further eroding Americans' waning belief in the benefits, efficacy, and trustworthiness of government. Many other, oft-mentioned factors -- Vietnam, Watergate, anti-government rhetoric, and a...

We Can't Afford This War Anymore

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted April 12, 2008 | Politics


Hale

I have been against the Iraq war from the very beginning. However, my arguments didn't rest on the lofty perches of ethics or morals; they rested on the far cruder cost benefit analysis of war. The bottom line is war costs far more than it is worth economically. And the...

Profiting Off Debt

Bill Scher | Posted April 3, 2008 | Business


Bill Scher

I feel like I see ads for the deceptively-named "Free Credit Report" more and more and more, as if the worse the economy gets, the more companies seek to prey on those who are struggling.

As you may know (but obviously not enough do), Free Credit Report is a bait-and-switch...

Hillary's Hoodwink

Ryan J. Davis | Posted March 31, 2008 | Politics


Ryan J. Davis

I finally understand why Hillary Clinton is obsessed with health insurance mandates. As a blog over at the Baltimore Sun is reporting, the Clinton campaign failed to pay its health insurance premiums for months, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to its providers.

The deadbeat campaign...

What I Said On Larry King Live

Anya Kamenetz | Posted March 25, 2008 | Business


Anya Kamenetz

Ever since Generation Debt came out in 2006 I have been very lucky to be able to occasionally comment on TV and radio on generational and economic issues. I respect what broadcasters do. Broadcast communication requires special skills of confidence, improvisation, and wit -- it's a tough job.

Yet...

Profiteering, From the Civil War to Your Wallet

Heath Calvert | Posted March 23, 2008 | Business


Heath Calvert

Through my ever so slightly teary eyes, let me find the stop button on Senator Barack Obama's speech that I've watched for the 13th time on Youtube, and get to the gooseberries of something that will affect our lives in a non-gender/racially oriented, your sandwich is going to cost more,...

The Difference Between Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Credit Card Borrowers and Microcredit: "The Poor Always Pay Back"

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted March 19, 2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Just look at the following article in the Wall Street Journal today entitled, "For Bankers, Trust Becomes a rare Commodity."

This is why trust needs to be brought back into the equation. The thing is, some banks still operate with large prfots and high payback rates...they...

The Limits of Hope: Getting Real about the American Economy

Steve Clemons | Posted March 19, 2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons
white house the washington note.jpg

There won't be a squeaky clean ending to the Democratic battle for the 2008 presidential nomination. The knife fight has begun already -- and I only hope that maturity in the end prevails...

Business To Security Analysts: Shut UP

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted March 19, 2008 | Business


Fortune's Stanley Bing

I've been in business for about 5,427 dog years and at no time during my career has there ever been a day when somebody wasn't worried about what some security analyst was writing about us. This factoid stretches over six iterations of four separate companies, with enough corporate permutations to...

American and Chinese Co-Dependence: A Bad Relationship

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted March 18, 2008 | Politics


Susan Kaiser Greenland

The Chinese government gave protesters in Tibet an ultimatum Monday night: Surrender to the government before midnight in exchange for a 'light' punishment or face 'severe' punishment Tuesday at the hands of the Chinese military. Despite the midnight deadline, the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy reports that Chinese...

An Empire of Debt -- Collapsing Under Its Own Weight

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted March 18, 2008 | Business


Hale

Over at the Washington Note, Steve Clemons linked to a 2003 article titled "The Debtors Empire." What I find incredible about this article written almost four and a half years ago is how prescient its observations are today.

Isn't it just a little twisted that...

From Take Back America - Monday

Dave Johnson | Posted March 17, 2008 | Politics


Dave Johnson

I am at the Take Back America conference in Washington DC.

One common discussion here at Take Back America is that conservative economic policy chickens are coming home to roost. Another phrase I am hearing is Wild West Banking. People here are talking about the big story in the...

Bush Screws America, Again: Economy Slips to #2

Paul Abrams | Posted March 16, 2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

He did it to Arbusto Energy in the '70s, to Spectrum 7 and Harken Energy in the '80s. Enormous debt. Selling his shares to foreigners just days before a negative report on losses, leaving the other shareholders to shoulder the burden.

Now, he's done it to the United States of...

The U.S. is Choking on Debt Financed Expansion

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted March 12, 2008 | Business


Hale

From Marketwatch:

There is a marked difference between economic growth and debt-induced demand. Instead of letting the market take its medicine and enter recession in 2001, the powers that be injected fiscal and monetary drugs to dull the pain and induce stock gains.
The Federal Reserve understands the...

World's First Debt-for-Health Research Swap

Sunil Chacko | Posted March 11, 2008 | Business


Read More: Debt, Debt-Swap
Sunil Chacko

As institutions and organizations search for innovations in financing to meet tremendous health, education and other social sector needs in developing countries, it may well be time to remember the $1.1 million debt-for-health research swap, the first of its kind, successfully completed now almost 18 years ago, to serve as...

The Self-Inflicted Recession

Jared Bernstein and Nancy Cleeland | Posted March 7, 2008 | Business


Jared Bernstein and Nancy Cleeland

One thing to keep in mind as we live through the pain of this deepening recession: It didn't have to happen.

Sure, recessions are part of the natural economic order, implicit in the yin and yang of the business cycle. But often they're brought on by some external shock, like...

Political News Trumps Deeper Crisis: Will it Go Away if We Don't Know?

Danny Schechter | Posted March 5, 2008 | Business


Danny Schechter

You know this by now. Hillary Clinton became the yellow rose of Texas, two stepping her way to election glory by slashing at her opponent. She also took Ohio and Rhode Island. Barack Obama snagged Vermont, says he leads in delegates. McCain won all, is GOP candidate. Ron Paul holds...

Presidential Candidates Channel Bart Simpson

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted March 3, 2008 | Business


Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

We're not sure how many words will be spoken by the presidential candidates before November 4.Yet despite all the interviews, speeches and debates, you could easily write a book about what they aren't saying. Let's focus in on just one area: money. There are few choices more fundamental for a...

Don't Expect Economic Problems to End Anytime Soon

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted February 26, 2008 | Business


Hale

Since June of last year, the curtain has raised on the US economy. Underneath the hood of "The Greatest Story Never Told" lies a host of problems that will take a while to fix. In other words, don't expect this situation to end anytime soon.

So -- what are

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