World-News

By Larry Elliott

Only a new way of managing the global economy can prevent more mayhem in the markets and on the streets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28893.htm



Guard-Dogs for the Banks: The Case Against Rating Agencies

By Michael Hudson

Masquerading as objective think tanks and research organizations, the ratings agencies act as lobbyists for banks and underwriters by endorsing a race to the bottom.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28892.htm



One in Four California Families Can t Afford Food for Their Kids

By Raul Rodriguez

California had the second highest number of metropolitan areas with rates of food hardship in households with children in 2009-2010, according to the report.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28898.htm



Nancy Pelosi Reported Net Worth Triples in Last Two Years

By Bluegrass Pundit

It s nice to know someone is prospering during the 'Obama years'. The rest of us are watching our home values and retirement investments plummet.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28896.htm



The American Dream?

Woman s Yard Sale to Pay Medical Bills Gets Shut Down

By KATU

A woman fighting a terminal form of bone cancer is trying to raise money to help pay bills with a few weekend garage sales, but the city of Salem says she s breaking the law and is shutting her down.

http://salem.katu.com/news/news/442449-womans-yard-sale-pay-medical-bills-gets-shut-down



Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers

We are slouching toward a double dip, and Wall Street is imploding, because consumers - whose spending is 70 percent of the economy - have reached their limit.

http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-tip-be-worried-workers-are-consumers-2011-8


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