Politics

News links for 21 December 2011 including notes on technology, the sovereign debt crisis, elections, and Europe

Financial news links on China, technology companies, the eurozone debt crisis and more

Congress should immediately call Chairman Bernanke in for testimony on the veracity of the Fed’s response to the Bloomberg report. It should demand a comprehensive accounting for all the Fed’s commitments, by institution that benefitted.…

News links for 11 Dec 2011 on European growth, the sovereign debt crisis, Technology IPOs and patents, US elections and more

News links for 10 December 2011 on US politics, fracking, venture capital and technology

News links for 9 December 2011 including posts on the European sovereign debt crisis, politics and elections in the US and Russia, and the situation at MF Global

Bill Black was on Capital Account talking to Lauren Lyster about MF Global. As usual, Capital Account delves deep into the real issues. Black never disappoints. Video below

News links for 7 December 2011 featuring thoughts on a French downgrade, the austerity budget in Ireland, patents and China and other stories

This appropriation of the economic surplus to pay bankers is turning the traditional values of most Europeans upside down. Imposition of economic austerity, dismantling social spending, sell-offs of public assets, de-unionization of labor,…

Debt and Democracy: Has the Link been Broken?