Wake Up Obama (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Aug. 15, 2010 -- If the United States is not kaput it is certainly withering away even as a rich upper class enjoys all the things that money buys. There is mas ...

This Economy Stinks, Yes it Does (Dean Baker)

Aug. 10, 2010 (Truthout) -- If there were any doubts about the health of the economy, two reports issued in the last ten days should have eliminated them. First the second quarter GDP showed the econ ...

U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know (Laurence Kotlikoff)

Aug. 10, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Let’s get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills. What it can and must do is radically simplify its tax, he ...

Four Deformations of the Apocalypse (David Stockman)

July 31, 2010 (New York Times) -- If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing. The natio ...

Revolution and Repression in America (Andrew Gavin Marshall)

This is Part 2 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order Introduction June 29, 2010 (Global Research) -- ...

The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order (Andrew Gavin Marshall)

This is Part 1 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." June 24, 2010 (Global Research) -- There is a new and unique development in human history that is taking place ...

Global systemic crisis / Second half of 2010: The global system’s four single points of failure (LEAP/E2020)

Public announcement GEAB N°46 (June 16, 2010) -- Each day the news confirm the extent to which the global systemic crisis has now entered into the phase of global geopolitical dislocation, even if th ...

These Dreams (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust July 3, 2010 -- I woke up this morning after having nightmares all night. I slept later than usual because it was cooler than normal. The heat keeps me from sleepi ...

US Economy Stuck in Misery (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust July 2, 2010 -- The middle class is dead. The United States has produced a self-sustaining two-class society. Most Lower Class Americans are in bad or uncertain ...

After Haiti: A Conversation with John Perkins | Elizabeth Ferrari

Elizabeth Ferrari -- World News Trust Mar. 26, 2010 When the earthquake struck Haiti last January, the first person I wanted to hear from was John Perkins. Several years before Naomi Klein coined the ...

Eliot Spitzer: Geithner, Bernanke 'Complicit' in Financial Crisis and Should Go | Amy Goodman

Dec. 4, 2009 (Democracy Now) -- In an extended interview, we speak with former New York governor Eliot Spitzer about the financial crisis and how it was handled by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernan ...