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Goldman's Profits Come from Our Pockets: Why We Need a Tobin Tax

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Traders, Program Trading, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Bailout, Tobin Tax, Sales Tax, G20 Summit, Joseph Stiglitz, IMF Funding, United Nations, Economic Stimulus, Business News
Ellen Brown

While Wall Street's welfare queens have been busy collecting generous government handouts, the 50 states have been left to fend for themselves.

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"Happy" Anniversary, Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: IMF Funding, International Monetary Fund, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Norway, Alcoa, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Denmark, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Lehman Brothers, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Financial Crisis, Western Europe, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, World War II, Iceland Bank Crisis, Monty Python, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.

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IMF Gives $164 Million to Coup Government in Honduras, Following Familiar Pattern

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras, US Foreign Policy, Imf, Barack Obama, Manuel Zelaya, IMF Funding, World News
Mark Weisbrot

Supporters argue that the IMF has changed. But after depositing a large amount of money in Honduras -- the site of a recent coup -- it's looking more and more like the same old IMF on steroids.

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Six Reasons to Love the Supplemental and Celebrate Progressives in Government

Heather Hurlburt | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supplemental, Imf, Congress, Progressives, Barack Obama, Guantanamo, IMF Funding, Obama Administration, Abu Graib, Politics News
Heather Hurlburt

There's a decent chance that, in future, members of Congress from all sides will lose the ability to push unpopular projects through by tying them to money for the troops on the ground.

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Robert Gates To GOP Leaders: You're Putting Our Security At Risk

The Plum Line | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Gates Imf Funding, Roberts Gates Gop, IMF Funding, Robert Gates Imf Funding, Gates, Robert Gates, Politics News

Wow. Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton are now thrusting themselves into the raging fight over the White House's request for Congressional cash for the...

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Jeff Muskus

Bizarre Alliance: House GOP And Liberal Dems Could Kill War Funding

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Supplemental Foia, Obama Supplemental, War Supplemental Imf Funding, IMF Funding, War Supplemental, War Supplemental Votes, Politics News

House Republicans, allied with anti-war Democrats, may be the best hope to save the Freedom of Information Act from the White House or to oppose troop...

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G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama G-20, Global Economy, Latin America, Central America, IMF Funding, Bretton Woods, World Bank, Imf, G-20, Global Economic Crisis, G-20 Summit, Africa, IMF Bailout, G-20 Europe, Neoliberalism, Economic Failure, Globaliation, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that "this crisis was caused by the irrat...

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