Former Fed Official “Sorry” for QE Looting of Public to Enrich Wall Street
With the growing national outcry over the Federal Reserve’s so-called “quantitative easing” (QE) scheme to enrich Wall Street by conjuring trillions of dollars...
Economy
WikiLeaks Publishes Key Chapter of Secret TPP Agreement
WikiLeaks has published the chapter of the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that covers intellectual property rights. ...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Ready for Christmas Delivery?
The New York Times and key senators have spoken out in favor of rapid approval of the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership. ...
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Atlanta Mayor’s Spat With Street Vendors Goes National
If Atlanta's Mayor Kasim Reed had just followed the law and the court's ruling, his recent spat with street vendors would never have...
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EPA Shutting Down Last-standing U.S. Primary Lead Smelter
The last standing primary lead smelter in the United States will be closing in December — thanks to the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s...
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Kickstarter Marks Another Milestone
Kickstarter provides a platform that matches entrepreneurs with capital. The results are borderline miraculous. ...
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Lower Gas Prices Coming?
An October 25 article for CNBC predicted that gas prices, down significantly from where they were in April, would continue to slide by...
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Puerto Rico’s Bond Prices Are Falling Sharply, Foreshadowing U.S. Problems
The economic problems facing Puerto Rico are the same problems facing the United States, and they are caused by the same things. ...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Takes Legal Authority Away from Domestic Courts
Key provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership remove disputes between corporations and members states away from domestic courts. ...
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Will China “Save” Detroit?
Detroit’s politicians are practically prostrating themselves before Chinese “investors” so that the Chinese will buy and keep open companies, but it’s a strategy...
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Ron Paul Predicts “No Policy Change” Under a New Fed Chairman
Ron Paul predicts that unless the Federal Reserve is audited, there will never be a change in the policies that have essentially bankrupted...
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Rough Road to Recovery
President Obama has claimed that America is well on its way to economic recovery, but if job figures, incomes, inflation, and debt are...
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Treasury Refuses to Sell Its Gold Even in the Event of Default
Even in the event of a pending default, the Treasury will not be selling any of its gold reserves to pay the government’s...
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Shutdown: Democrats Trigger “All or Nothing” Bluff
The federal government entered into a partial shutdown at midnight October 1 as congressional leaders were unable to agree upon a “continuing resolution”...
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More Americans Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction
A dozen public opinion polls and two studies by conservative think tanks show that more and more Americans think the country is headed...
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