U.S. Federal Reserve Conjures -- and Redefines -- Money (Matthew Cardinale)

Nov. 30, 2010 (Inter Press Service) -- ATLANTA, Georgia - The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, essen ...

The Stench of US Economic Decay Grows Stronger (Paul Craig Roberts)

Nov. 29, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- On Thanksgiving eve the English language China Daily and People’s Daily Online reported that Russia and China have concluded an agreement to abandon the ...

Global Poverty Doubled since 1970s: UN (Agence France-Presse)

Nov. 26, 2010 -- GENEVA (Agence France-Presse) -- The number of very poor countries has doubled in the last 30 to 40 years, while the number of people living in extreme poverty has also grown two-fol ...

Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street (Robert Scheer)

Nov. 24, 2010 (TruthDig) -- Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism. The Commerce Department announced Tuesday that corporate profits are at their highest level in U.S. history, and ...

Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter (Catherine Rampell)

Nov. 23, 2010 (New York Times) -- The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 trill ...

Fighting Doom: The New Politics of Climate Change (Brendan Smith)

Nov. 23, 2010 (Common Dreams) -- I am not an environmentalist. But all I think about these days is the climate crisis. I admit I have arrived late to the party. Only recently have I begun to realize ...

Bernanke vs. Keynes (Mike Whitney)

Nov. 23, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Investment drives the economy. It creates jobs, builds factories, develops technology, and stimulates growth. When investment falls, spending slows, unem ...

Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion (Chris Hedges)

Nov. 23, 2010 (TruthDig) -- There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by corpo ...

BOOK REVIEW: Truth About Global Economic Crisis (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Nov. 26, 2010 -- You want to read The Global Economic Crisis The Great Depression of the XXI Century, edited by Michel Chossudovsky and Andrew Gavin Marshall, i ...

The Evolution of Transition In The U.S. (Michael Brownlee)

The Backstory Nov. 26, 2010 (Transition Times) -- The emergence of the Transition movement in the last four years or so is one of the most hopeful signs in the early 21st century, and Transition may ...

Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization (Tariel Mórrígan)

Global Climate Change, Human Security & Democracy -- Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies University of California, Santa Barbara -- October 2010 Nov. 21, 2010 -- This is the final chapt ...