Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security
UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?
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Michael Hudson: A Brady Bond Solution for America’s Unpayable Corporate Debt
Another sign that America has gone banana republic: Brady Bonds, used in the Latin American debt crisis, would be suitable medicine for our corporate debt hangover.
Read more...Coronavirus Kayoes U.S. Recycling
Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on waste management policies and led many U.S. municipalities to suspend or modify their recycling programs..
Read more...How Far Will Trump Go To Save U.S. Shale
The U.S. shale oil industry had considerable problems before Saudi Arabia and Russia launched their oil price war. What comes next?
Read more...What the Government Needs to Do Next to Tackle the Crisis
Jamie Galbraith describes what government needs to do to keep hospitals and the real economy functoning during the coronavirus crisis.
Read more...Debt and Power: An Interview With Michael Hudson
Micheal Hudson explains how the ancient approach to managing debt is far superior to ours.
Read more...At Long Last the Government Can Borrow Straight From the Bank of England – As Modern Monetary Theory Has Always Suggested It Should
The UK embraces modern monetary theory….and perhaps hopes no one notices.
Read more...Sanders Calls for ‘Unprecedented Legislative Response’ to Coronavirus Crisis—Not Corporate Bailouts
Republicans have tabled a corporate bailout plan to calm markets. Can Bernie Sanders and others redirect the stimulus to reflate the economy?
Read more...Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
The bailout bill looks shameless, even by Trump Administration standards.
Read more...Michael Hudson: A Debt Jubilee is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
In the face of massive economic calamity caused by coronavirus, Michael Hudson argues a debt jubilee is the only way to avoid a depression.
Read more...NYU Preparing for Possible Use of Dorms as Field Hospitals
Contingency planning for emergency hospitals.
Read more...UN Chief Warns of Coming Recession for the Planet
The UN feels compelled to weigh in on the less-than-sunny economic outlook.
Read more...The Pros and Cons of Planting Trees To Address Global Warming
Why planting more trees is not a climate change magic bullet.
Read more...Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
Interview with prison expert Michele Deitch about what can be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons: NOW!
Read more...A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
California braces for the COVID-19 storm.
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