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Government Regulation

Maybe We Really Do Want Government to Make the Decisions

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Democracy, Corporatocracy, Bailout, Public Option, Government Regulation, Government Oversight Health Care, Health-Care-Government, Government Oversight, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Before deciding whether or not government should make decisions let's look at the alternative. Not enough consideration is given to the real question: if We, the People don't make decisions, then who does?

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We Regulate Money, Drugs, Commerce, but not Health. Why?

Brian Ross | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doctors, President Obama, Insurance, Government Regulation, Politics, Blue Cross, Obama Administration, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Business, Barack Obama, Living, Physicians, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Politics News
Brian Ross

Why can't we use the power of the government to really regulate the insurance companies?

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The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, White House, Big Three Automakers, Economy, Executive Order, General Wesley Clark, Ford, Executive Orders, Congress, Scorch and Burn, Dick Cheney, Big Three, Scorched Earth, Chrysler, Bush Administration, Bush White House, General Motors, Neocons, Neo Con, Bush Legacy, Special Interests, Government Regulation, Politics News
Brian Ross

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

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Greening Hollywood: Democratizing Sustainability

Paige Donner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Michael Besancon, Whole Foods, Democratizing Sustainability, Wal-Mart, Patagonia, Business, Fortune Magazine, Barack Obama, Greening Hollywood, Charles Zimmerman, Ucla, Rick Ridgeway, Environment, Sustainability, Green Economy, Solar Roofs, Green Buildings, Government Regulation, Green Roofs, Sustainable Packaging, Green News
Paige Donner

I'll 'fess up. "Democratizing sustainability," is not a phrase I coined nor one I've even used before.

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To Regulate or Not: A Shift in the Political Landscape

Julie Menin | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Presidential Debates, Government Regulation, Barack Obama, Economy, Business News
Julie Menin

With our economic crisis at a fever pitch, this age old debate about the normative role of government has taken on new connotations.

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Venture Capitalists Invest in Green

New York Times Magazine | Jon Gertner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Al Gore, Sun Microsystems, I.P.O., Start-Ups, Capitalism, Ausra, Sunpower, Segway, Amyris, Think, Venture Capitalists, Environment, First Solar, Bloom Energy, Green Technology, Government Regulation, Silicon Valley, Green News

One afternoon last May in Menlo Park, Calif., a venture capitalist named Ray Lane led me from his office to the parking lot, where an automobile had b...

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Fierce Regulation Debate Expected

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance Overhaul, Investment Banks, Credit Crisis, Hank Paulson, Government Regulation, Recession, Henry Paulson, Financial System, Bear Stearns, Ben Bernanke, Investment Houses, Great Depression, Business News

WASHINGTON — In proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression, the Bush administration has kicked off a fier...

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