Lawrence Wilkerson: “The Empire is in Deep, Deep Trouble”
Lawrence Wilkerson describes the path of empires in decline and shows how the US is following the classic trajectory.
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CalSTRS Board Chairman Harry Keiley, in Op-Ed Rejected by Financial Times, Gave Inconsistent and Inaccurate Information in Carry Fee Scandal
The Financial Times saved CalSTRS board chairman Harry Keiley from embarrassing himself. We aren’t.
Read more...Fight Over Postal Service Board Heats Up as Labor/Consumer Advocates/Minority Coalition Opposes Payday Lender Lobbyist, Privatization Backers
A broad coalition has taken the unusual step of opposing all of Obama’s five nominees to the Postal Service Board of Governors. But it’s the right move, given how terrible they are.
Read more...How ‘Competitive’ Tax and Incentive Policies Hurt Small U.S. Businesses
Supposedly ‘competitive’ policies on tax favor multinational firms over smaller, locally-based ones and also reduce market competition.
Read more...Who Needs Balanced Trade? Who Needs Balanced Budgets?
Who needs balanced trade? It’s time to challenge the premises of “trade” deals like the TransPacific Partnership.
Read more...Gaius Publius: What’s Called “Capitalism” Is Far from Any Model of Capitalism or Market
Tony Benn and Noam Chomsky take a hard look at what passes for capitalism.
Read more...California State Controller Betty Yee, CalSTRS Board Member Blow Off Union Spokesman on Private Equity Fees
California state controller Betty Yee blows off a union official’s request for carry fee information by saying CalSTRS “is being very diligent,” when CalPERS has already gotten the information.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Obama Re-Defines Democracy – A Country that Supports U.S. Policy
Obama has decided to use “democracy” as a weapon of coups to turn recalcitrant countries into failed states.
Read more...1.5 Million American Families Live on $2 a Day — How the Poorest Get By
An interview with authors of a new book investigating the condition of the poorest in America.
Read more...Debacle, Inc.: How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our ‘Proliferated’ World
If all Henry Kissinger contributed to the Middle East were a regional arms race, petrodollar addiction, Iranian radicalization, and the Tehran-Riyadh conflict, it would be bad enough. His legacy, however, is far worse than that: he has to answer for his role in the rise of political Islam.
Read more...Ilargi: Europe’s Refugees Are a Global Crisis
European leaders are still in denial about the seriousness of the refugee crisis and are focused on what amount to stopgap measure.
Read more...A Physician Substantially Tied to the Pharmaceutical Industry Nominated to Run the FDA
Yves here. As Roy Poses stresses, the media has underreported on the conflicts of interest at work in this FDA nomination. Be sure to read the very long list of Big Pharma names that have supported Dr. Richard Cardiff’s research and provided grants and speaking fees.
Read more...Former California Official Blasts CalPERS CEO Anne Stausboll, Staff, and Board for Misconduct
Former California official Tony Butka He deems Chief Investment Officer, Ted Eliopoulos, the head of private equity, Réal Desorchers, and private equity professional Christine Gogan to have been so dishonest with the board that they all have should have received a notice of intent to discharge.
Read more...Imperial Overreach: U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations
The US has special ops missions in 70% of the countries in the world,, more than at the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read more...Bill Black on the Department of Justice’s Failure to Prosecute Individuals and Promises to Do Better
This is a wide-ranging interview with Bill Black on a subject of the keen desire of the public to see more corporate officials prosecuted for big business misdeeds, and why that never happens these days.
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