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Joseph Stiglitz Says Anti-Regulation Ideology Caused Financial Meltdown

Interesting article in Vanity Fair, Capitalist Fools, by Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, traces our financial crisis to terribly flawed ideology — one that says markets are self-adjusting and that the role of government should be minimal. Stiglitz reports … Continue reading

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Gotham Chopra Defends His Dad, Deepak, From WSJ Attack, About Origins Of Terrorism

Until the recent dustup about his CNN interview, I didn’t know that Deepak Chopra has a son, Gotham. Gotham’s bio shows that he works for Channel 1, the in school TV show for over 8 million students, as a foreign … Continue reading

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Robert Reich Estimates True Unemployment Rate Is 11%; Urges Passage Of Huge Stimulus Package

Robert Reich in his blog today, “Shall We Call it a Depression Now?”, says, “We are falling off the cliff.” Reich reports that 533,000 jobs were lost in November, 320,000 in October, and 403,000 in September — for a total … Continue reading

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