The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Nature’s Own Fuel Could Save Us From the Greenhouse Effect and Electric Grid Failure Hemp fuel and other biofuels could quickly reduce carbon emissions while saving the electric grid, but they’re often overlooked for more expensive, high-tech climate solutions. On July 14, the European Union unveiled sweeping climate change and emissions targets that would, according …
How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done? Read full Article
Why the Fed Needs Public Banks The Fed’s policy tools – interest rate manipulation, quantitative easing, and “Special Purpose Vehicles” – have all failed to revive local economies suffering from government-mandated shutdowns. . The Fed must rely on private banks to inject credit into Main Street, and private banks are currently unable or unwilling to …
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Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid If the corporate oligarchs are too big and strategically important to be broken up under the antitrust laws, rather than bailing them out they should be nationalized and put directly into the service of the public. At the very least, BlackRock should be regulated as a too-big-to-fail Systemically …
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Rushing a Vaccine to Market for a Vanishing Virus When Profits and Politics Drive Science If the disease is disappearing of its own accord, why throw billions of dollars at developing a vaccine?
Crushing the States, Saving the Banks: the Fed’s Generous New Rules CounterPunch, 4 May 2020 Congress seems to be at war with the states. Only $150 billion of its nearly $3 trillion coronavirus relief package – a mere 5% – has been allocated to the 50 states; and they are not allowed to use it …
Mexico Is Showing the World How to Defeat Neoliberalism AMLO has been a trailblazer in showing how a national public banking system can be initiated quickly and efficiently. The key, it seems, is just to have the political will — along with massive support from the public, the legislature, local business leaders and the military.
