Penguin: War is Bad for the Economy – Not Obvious Before, Now It Is Documented

The Consequences Of War On The US Economy Joshua Brown, The Reformed Broker Business Insider,23 February 2012 Psst…wanna learn something today? The Institute for Economics and Peace is out with a monumental piece of research on how wars affect the US economy… Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, figure one shows the composition …

Penguin: “Or Your Lying Eyes…” Truth and Fiction in the News Business – Conspiracy of Lies While US Networks Prepare & Rehearse for Israeli Attack on Iran

“Or Your Lying Eyes…” Truth and Fiction in the News Business Alex Cockburn Counterpunch, Weekend Edition February 10-12, 2012 If you want a sense of what could well lie in store for Syria, go no further than Anthony Shadid’s report from Libya in the New York Times for February 9. Shadid, a good reporter, describes …