Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Obama's Stimulus Plan, Debt, Climate Change, and "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy"
As President Obama defends the success of his one-year-old $787 billion stimulus package, we speak to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who says the stimulus was both not big enough and too focused on tax cuts. Stiglitz is the author of the new book, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, which analyzes the causes of the Great Recession of 2008 and calls for overcoming what he calls an "ersatz capitalism" that socializes losses but privatizes gains. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/2/18/nobel_economist_joseph_stiglitz_on_obamas
"A Bad Day for America": Anti-Nuclear Activist Harvey Wasserman Criticizes Obama Plan to Fund Nuclear Reactors * President Obama has pledged $8.3 billion in loan guarantees needed to build the first nuclear reactors in nearly three decades. The move, along with a tripling of nuclear loan guarantees in the President's budget, represents a new federal commitment to the nuclear power sector. We speak to independent journalist and longtime anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman, who helped found the grassroots movement against nuclear power in the United States in the 1970s. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/2/18/nukes
Showing posts with label corporatism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corporatism. Show all posts
2/18/2010
1/24/2010
Granny D on Supreme Crt. Decision
http://www.truthout.org/doris-granny-d-haddock-response-supreme-court56272
9/09/2009
Localwashing
http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/localwashing/Content?oid=1159742 [Rebranding for corporate power]
8/25/2009
Not-so-wonderful Disney, Inc.
You've probably heard this old saying: "He who controls the past controls the future."
What about those who control the imaginations of children?
Why we have we given the power of shaping our children's fantasies over to a shady multinational corporation with suspect origins? The not-so-wonderful world of Disney...
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/686.html
What about those who control the imaginations of children?
Why we have we given the power of shaping our children's fantasies over to a shady multinational corporation with suspect origins? The not-so-wonderful world of Disney...
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/686.html
8/12/2009
It's the Resources
African Development Hindered by Vast US Corporate Interests in Continent's Land, Resources
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Nigeria today, we turn to the issue of US corporate interests in Africa's natural resources. Clinton's seven-country tour of Africa includes both Nigeria and Angola, the continent's top two oil producers. We speak with Amy Barry of Global Witness, an anti-corruption watchdog that focuses on natural resources. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/12/land
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Nigeria today, we turn to the issue of US corporate interests in Africa's natural resources. Clinton's seven-country tour of Africa includes both Nigeria and Angola, the continent's top two oil producers. We speak with Amy Barry of Global Witness, an anti-corruption watchdog that focuses on natural resources. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/12/land
5/19/2009
3/17/2009
Obama Outraged, AIG Bonuses
Obama 'outraged' at AIG bonuses
An angry Barack Obama calls for a block on $165m of bonus payouts to executives of ailing US insurance giant AIG.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7945774.stm
An angry Barack Obama calls for a block on $165m of bonus payouts to executives of ailing US insurance giant AIG.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7945774.stm
10/01/2008
Form Designed to Tell Them Off
http://www.acmeclimateaction.com/files/ACME_watch_business_letter.pdf
8/19/2008
WWW--(Well Worth Watching)
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.html
Imperial habits die hard. . .
Imperial habits die hard. . .
1/27/2008
1/24/2008
12/21/2007
We Are What We Eat
We are what we eat...
What's really in your food?
BY SUZANNE NELSON
Food labels were designed to earn our trust. Since 1990, the Food and Drug Administration has required manufacturers to list the ingredients of their products, and more recently, "Nutrition Facts" boxes appear on everything from cereal to chewing gum.
But as more Americans attempt to make healthy choices about what they put in their bodies, it's becoming increasingly more difficult to discern how our food was grown, processed and treated—-thanks to our collective support of a food industry that wields its heft and political clout to create labeling laws that make a mockery of disclosure.
What's really in your food?
BY SUZANNE NELSON
Food labels were designed to earn our trust. Since 1990, the Food and Drug Administration has required manufacturers to list the ingredients of their products, and more recently, "Nutrition Facts" boxes appear on everything from cereal to chewing gum.
But as more Americans attempt to make healthy choices about what they put in their bodies, it's becoming increasingly more difficult to discern how our food was grown, processed and treated—-thanks to our collective support of a food industry that wields its heft and political clout to create labeling laws that make a mockery of disclosure.
6/05/2007
History of the American Empire
John Perkins on "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption"
Today, we spend the hour with a man who claims to have worked deep inside the forces driving corporate globalization.
In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins told the story of his work as a highly paid consultant hired to strong-arm leaders into creating policy favorable to the U.S. government and corporations -- what he calls the corporatocracy.
John Perkins has just come out with a new book called The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption.
Listen/Watch/Readhttp://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/05/149254
Today, we spend the hour with a man who claims to have worked deep inside the forces driving corporate globalization.
In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins told the story of his work as a highly paid consultant hired to strong-arm leaders into creating policy favorable to the U.S. government and corporations -- what he calls the corporatocracy.
John Perkins has just come out with a new book called The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption.
Listen/Watch/Readhttp://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/05/149254
Mercenaries At Home
Chris Hedges What If Our Mercenaries Turn on Us?http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060407J.shtml
Chris Hedges writes: "The privatization of war hands an incentive to American corporations, many with tremendous political clout, to keep us mired down in Iraq. But even more disturbing is the steady rise of this modern Praetorian Guard.
The Praetorian Guard in ancient Rome was a paramilitary force that defied legal constraints, made violence part of the political discourse, and eventually plunged the Roman Republic into tyranny and despotism."
Chris Hedges writes: "The privatization of war hands an incentive to American corporations, many with tremendous political clout, to keep us mired down in Iraq. But even more disturbing is the steady rise of this modern Praetorian Guard.
The Praetorian Guard in ancient Rome was a paramilitary force that defied legal constraints, made violence part of the political discourse, and eventually plunged the Roman Republic into tyranny and despotism."
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