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    • Decarbonizing the carbon economy

      Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues.wordpress

      ...Not only is the carbon economy directly causing global heating, it is also responsible for the oil dependency that has led to the decay of the United States' national authority. The only way forward out of our morass is...

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    • Americans see rich-poor gap worsening

      Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      CEO pay is a scam too: Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe inequality is a major issue, versus 24 percent who don't think so, according to a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll. Most of the concern is among Democrats and independent voters, though a majority of Republicans -- 55 percent -- also called the situation serious.

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    • Call for liability caps

      Posted by SoxFirst

      The push by the big accounting firms to get more protection from damages claims has gained momentum with a study from London Economics. It argues that n Arthur Andersen style action against one of the big four - KPMG, Ernst & Young, PwC and Deloitte - could pose a threat to financial stability of the wider economy and damage markets.

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    • Clinton Economists: A Storm Is Coming

      Posted by Billbar from Alternet

      When Robert Rubin speaks his mind, his thoughts on economic policy are the gold standard for the Democratic Party. Rubin now freely acknowledges what the American establishment for many years denied or dismissed as inconsequential--globalization's role in generating the thirty-year stagnation of US wages, squeezing middle-class families and below, while directing income growth mainly to the upper brackets. A lot of Americans already knew this. Critics of "free trade" have been saying as much for years. But when Bob Rubin says it, his words can move politicians, if not financial markets.

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    Jeff comments on:

    The ghost of Ken Lay and the university chair

    As far as conspiracy theories go, I wouldn’t be surprised to find Ken Lay alive one day. Maybe he can chair this from wherever he is…

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    9:38 am 2/27/07
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Americans see rich-poor gap worsening

    It’s that simple, huh?

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    1:44 pm 12/15/06
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    ccfromsc comments on:

    Americans see rich-poor gap worsening

    Why is there a gap? That is never answered. Please spare me the class warfare lines and the class envy lines.

    The answerer is opportunity.

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    10:04 am 12/15/06
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    Jeff

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