Richard Wolff of the Guardian on the so-called US economy’s recovery: The so-called economic “recovery” since mid-2009 was chiefly hype, a veneer of good news to disguise and minimise the awful underlying...
Read More. White House recruits IMF communications chief WASHINGTON (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund announced its top spokesperson, Caroline Atkinson, is leaving the Fund to become a special assistant to US President Barack...
Read MoreWe’ve reached the dog days of summer and it’s usually a pretty slow political time of year. Once they hammer out some kind of deal on the debt ceiling and go home for the August recess, we’ll be looking for...
Read MoreWell, here’s a little hardball: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s open defiance of Speaker John Boehner’s efforts to solve the debt-ceiling crisis could cost the Urbana Republican his safe seat in next year’s...
Read MoreSpeaker Boehner has scheduled a vote on his debt ceiling bill for 5:45 PM, well after the stock exchange closes for the day. If no Democrats vote for the bill, he can only afford to lose 23 members of his own caucus. There are...
Read More
