Author: John Kozy The recurrent Senatorial minstrel show known as Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees has opened again on Capitol Hill. The script for this show never varies. Senators from the nominee’s party don white faces, dutifully attesting to the nominee’s ideological neutrality and integrity while those from the other party don black [...]
Author: Michael Redbourn A survey that was conducted between March 2th and March 9th by Bloomberg News suggests that unemployment in the U.S. will reach 9.4% in 2009, and the figure far exceeds the one of 8.8% which was projected in a similar survey carried out just a month ago.The findings of the survey also [...]
Author: Lorimer Wilson This article is a follow-up to my recent piece on “America’s Financial Oligarchy” which was a synopsis of Simon Johnson’s “The Quiet Coup” on how the financial industry has effectively captured our government. It is an edit and review of a lengthy 231-page report prepared in March 2009 by the Consumer Education [...]
Author: Lorimer Wilson This article is a follow-up to my recent piece on “America’s Financial Oligarchy” which was a synopsis of Simon Johnson’s “The Quiet Coup” on how the financial industry has effectively captured our government. It is an edit and review of a lengthy 231-page report prepared in March 2009 by the Consumer Education [...]