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Dean Baker Exposes How CBO Cooks Inflation Forecasts to Promote Deficit Scaremongering

Yet more funny forecasts from the CBO telling you why you can’t have nice things, like a better job market.

How Many Flints? America’s Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis

Flint is just the tip of the iceberg of lead poisoning in America.

Money and Banking – The Fed and Monetary Policy

A very readable, information-rich post on what the Fed does and does not do, with emphasis on the nitty-gritty of monetary policy. If you are time-pressed, read the last item in the FAQ first, which is a terse item-by-item debunking of widely made, inaccurate statements about the Fed.

Why the Market Freakout About Bank Stocks is Well Warranted

Bad loans are not the only reason to worry about banks. ZIRP and negative interest rates will bleed them to death, and Eurobanks are at real risk of bank runs.

Tax Breaks for Big Pharma on Top of Unreasonable Price Hikes

Big Pharma’s claim that it is hard pressed to find cash for R&D spending needs to be taken with a fistful of salt.

Which Presidential Candidates are Most Friendly to the Energy Industry?

A rundown of how nice the various top presidential candidates are likely to be to Big Energy.

Tom Engelhardt: The U.S. Military Bombs in the Twenty-First Century

The US military is not exceptional, save in sheer scale. It’s bad enough that the public is repeatedly told otherwise, but worse, the officialdom has fallen for its own PR.