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The U.S. Economic Outlook

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - By Ben S. Bernanke - Jun. 08 (Statement) - Although it is moving in the right direction, the economy is still producing at levels well below its potential; consequently, accommodative monetary policies are still needed. Until we see a sustained period of stronger job creation, we cannot consider the recovery to be truly established. At the same time, the longer-run health of the economy requires that the Federal Reserve be vigilant in preserving its hard-won credibility for maintaining price stability.

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A Labor Strike Against Economic Reality

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reason Magazine - By Steve Chapman, Reason - May. 16 (Opinion) - Strikes are an expensive luxury. The last one, which went on for nearly two months, was estimated to cost Boeing more than $2 billion. "Based on previous strike experience," reported The Seattle Times, "Boeing will not recoup that money for many years."

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Koch Brothers Fueling Far Right Academic Centers Across the US

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Lee Fang - May. 13 (Opinion) - FSU had accepted a $1.5 million grant from a foundation controlled by petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch on the condition that Koch’s operatives would have a free hand in selecting professors and approving publications. The simmering controversy sheds light on the vast influence of the Koch political machine, which spans from the top conservative think tanks, Republican politicians, a small army of contracted lobbyists, and Tea Party front groups in nearly every state.

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Unleash the Great American Energy Industry

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Real Clear Markets - By Larry Kudlow - Mar. 31 (Opinion) - If you buy into the energy speech President Obama delivered on Wednesday, it sure sounds like we're headed for drill, drill, drill. It would be a total reversal of policy. I guess $100-plus oil and near $4 gas at the pump -- along with a consumer economic-political revolt -- will do that to you.

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A Well-Intentioned Bad Idea

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

United Steelworkers Blog - By Jon Geenen - Mar. 31 (Opinion) - Stack / USW Blog: A Well-Intentioned Bad Idea — International Vice President, United Steelworkers — By now anyone who had not yet heard of the Koch brothers has been introduced to them. Every major newspaper and magazine has run an article about the brothers who until recently lived largely under …

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Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No BS Info on Japan's Disastrous Nuclear Operators

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Greg Palast - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - The failure of emergency systems at Japan's nuclear plants comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked in the field.

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Invest in America's Future

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Stan Sorscher - Jun. 22 (Opinion) - We all want to create jobs and encourage economic recovery. We now have over 30 years of experience with trickle-down policies. What has worked, and what needs change? For the last few decades, the basic idea was to "make industry succeed." That

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Longtime Organizer and Former Automaker Richard Feldman on the Rise and Fall of the Auto Industry in Detroit

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Richard Feldman, Amy Goodman - Jun. 22 (Interview) - To talk more about the history of the auto industry I spoke with Richard Feldman last night. We met outside the former Packard car plant. Rich is a former autoworker and longtime community and labor activist here in Detroit. He is a board member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center.

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Solar Industry Facing “Gross Oversupply”

Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

earth2tech.com - By Katie Fehrenbacher - May. 19 (Opinion) - What happens to an industry when the price of a core component suddenly drops, the credit crisis hits, countries get ready to cut important subsidies, and a new type of technology is disrupting the established players? Well, for the traditional solar industry that’s what happened in 2009. As a result, 2010 will be a year of “gross oversupply” of solar modules and significant “consolidation” according to a report from Pike Research. In other words traditional solar PV suppliers and manufacturers are facing yet another rough year in 2010.

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The Story of Cap and Trade

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

storyofstuff.com - By Annie Leonard - Dec. 07 (Opinion) - ... introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

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At OpEdNews: Why Unions Have Failed, and Obama Should Let Them

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Op Ed News - May. 22 (Editorial) - God, Guns and Gays - Unions

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Made of steel: A globalization fable

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Andrew Leonard - Jun. 18 (Opinion) - Given steel's symbolic importance as one of the heaviest of heavy industries -- a backbone of classic U.S. industrial brawn -- the easy first reaction is to view the purchase as just another datapoint illustrating the fading of U.S. supremacy. Perhaps not as potent a threat to American self-esteem as the ghastly spectacle of Brazilian-Belgians lusting to chug down the King of Beers, but still, in its own way, telling.

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May 25, 2007 Hearing on the Extent of the Government's Control of China's Economy, and it Impact on the United States.

Fri, 25 May 2007 13:29:33 -0700

uscc.gov - By David Pritchard - May. 25 (Statement) - My point, quite simply, is that the major Western airframers have opted for a short-term global sourcing tactic that maximizes shareholder value at the expense of longer-term strategic interests. Today's market for large passenger jets is a duopoly. Within 10 years, the market may start to look like a triopoly with a strong Chinese presence. This presence has been fostered by decades of technology transfer from Western manufacturers, which has given China a broad array of technical and production competencies in the commercial aircraft sector.

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Long-Term Strategies for Resource Investors

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:36:49 -0800

Resource Investor - By Jack Lifton - Feb. 15 (Opinion) - Investors in natural resources have an important lesson to learn from the failure-and that's precisely what it is, a failure-of DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler group to be competitive in the international market place. The lesson is that there is not, today, a global market where companies organized under the laws and operating under the regulations of a 'home' country compete outside of their home country on a level playing field with all other companies making the same products or offering the same services but organized under the laws and operating under the regulations of a different country.

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