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Recent CommentaryNovember 17, 2008 What's hot on energy policy's to-do list?Source: Mlive.com Does it conjure up questions of national security and terrorism? Or is it more about promoting cheap, renewable fuels? Maybe your take is about climate change and reducing greenhouse gases?
November 17, 2008 PR of corporate social responsibility: Who, what and whySource: Examiner.com - NY Tis the season for corporate giving, giving and giving. And, whether or professional or personal – it is always better to give than to receive. According to our PR guru, Joyce Bosc, CEO of Boscobel Marketing Communications,... November 17, 2008 Casting a jaundiced eye over what the boss is paidSource: Financial Post - Canada Excessive executive compensation is the issue that just won't die. Like a brush fire, it smoulders along quietly for a few years, then flares into periodic firestorms of outrage, recrimination and demands for reform. Prior to the... November 17, 2008 Research green claimsSource: The Spectator - WI We all have seen products marketed as eco-friendly and "green," ranging from notebooks and napkins to shampoos, clothing and electronics. Also, we have seen the cute little purses that scream, "Go Green!" and other environmental... November 16, 2008 Tom Friedman: We Need "Overwhelming Force" To Green The EconomySource: The Huffington Post New York Times columnist and Hot, Flat and Crowded author Tom Friedman spoke at the CORE: club last Friday night on the energy crisis facing the United States, as well as some more post-election commentary.
November 16, 2008 Researchers Help To Improve Global Climate StudiesSource: Redorbit.com University of Iowa researchers and their colleagues have found a way to improve existing estimates of the amount of carbon absorbed by plants from the air, thereby improving the accuracy of global warming and land cover change... November 16, 2008 A Safety Board for Hedge FundsSource: Joe Nocera, NY Times Although it received almost no mention in the media, a panel of academic witnesses preceded the five hedge fund billionaires who appeared Thursday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is led by... November 16, 2008 A Rescue Plan Without Taxpayer MoneySource: Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times HELLO, taxpayers. Worried about the fate of the $350 billion that the government has asked you to fork over so far to help rescue financiers from themselves? Last week, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. gave you every... November 16, 2008 Be Glad You’re Not Warren BuffettSource: Floyd Norris, New York Times FEELING bad about how much you have been hurt by the stock market plunge? At least you don’t have a lot of stock options. A survey of the paper losses suffered by 175 chief executives of American companies shows that they lost a... November 15, 2008 U. S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari Testifies before the House Committee on Department’s Efforts to Stabilize Financial MarketsSource: U.S. Treasury Washington, DC--Chairman Kucinich, Ranking Member Issa, members of the Subcommittee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. I would like to provide an update on the Treasury Department's actions to... November 14, 2008 Accountability Needed With BailoutsSource: New York Times If you are going to hand out rescue packages, it helps to understand how bad the problem is, and to have some grasp of what is needed to fix it.
November 14, 2008 Restoring Financial StabilitySource: The Wall Street Journal As leaders of the Group of 20 nations meet this weekend in Washington, we are faced with the financial crisis of the century. The leaders of major economies and international organizations must hammer out realistic yet... November 14, 2008 U.S. Sneezes, and Nearly Everyone Catches a ColdSource: Floyd Norris, New York Times THIS was the fall that the orders stopped coming. In nearly every major economy, companies have reported a slowing in business, which seems to have begun at about the time that Lehman Brothers failed in mid-September. The credit... November 14, 2008 Is a Global Recession Good for the Environment?Source: Scientific America Times are tough when a millionaire oil man can't get a wind farm built. T. Boone Pickens backed off of his much ballyhooed mega-wind project in Texas this week, citing the declining cost of natural gas. Fossil fuel burning power... November 14, 2008 How fast can Obama fix US environment policy?Source: Newscientist.com -UK For eight years the US has been seen as a global outlier on climate issues. Now, with just 12 months to go until the world decides on a new Kyoto protocol, it is catch-up time for president-elect Barack Obama. What can he... November 14, 2008 EDITORIAL: The bottom line is regulationSource: Trading Markets.com It is no secret that today's politics are driven, by and large, by crisis. There are those like the "Social Security crisis" that were manufactured to support the case for privatizing Social Security and making the Bush tax cuts... November 14, 2008 G.M.’s Troubles Stir Question of Bankruptcy vs. a BailoutSource: New York Times Momentum is building in Washington for a rescue package for the auto industry to head off a possible bankruptcy filing by General Motors, which is rapidly running low on cash. But not everyone agrees that a Chapter 11 filing by... November 13, 2008 Open the Door and Turn on the LightsSource: Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times OPTIMISM surrounding last week’s election and the promise of a new crew in Washington ran smack into the reality that we are still mired in a wicked financial mess. The Labor Department reported on Friday that the unemployment... November 13, 2008 Why GM can't survive bankruptcySource: CNN Money It worked for the airlines, but it might not work for General Motors. Saving the company through bankruptcy is probably not a viable option for the troubled automaker.
November 13, 2008 Globalization Is Good for EuropeSource: Spiegel Online - Germany Europe is nervously watching the dramatic changes under way in the world economy. The suspicion is: If it is good for the Chinese, then it is bad for us. But protectionism is not the answer, argues the former EU Trade Commissioner November 13, 2008 Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic GrowthSource: Heritage Foundation In a throwback to the 1930s and 1970s, Democratic lawmakers are betting that America's economic ills can be cured by an extraordinary expansion of government. This tired approach has already failed repeatedly in the past year,... November 13, 2008 Systemic overview of economic risks has become imperativeSource: Delaware News Journal Reform might not happen right away when a new Congress convenes in January. But at least top regulators are talking publicly about reorganizing the increasingly complex financial system in this country. Just how to do it remains... November 12, 2008 NOT EASY BEING ON THE RECEIVING END OF GOVERNMENT RESCUE? AIG’S CEO IS IN THE HOT SEAT AND MEDIA, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC CRITICS KEEPING WATCHSource: Hank Boerner Two months ago when the massive federal government’s bailout of large banks and financial service firms began, the largest flow of cash to a private company went to AIG (American International Group), the nation’s largest... November 12, 2008 Inspiration for climate changeSource: The Boston Globe AS PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama rightly claimed on election night, this is a defining moment in American history. For most Americans his election is an inspiring victory. The question is whether this inspiration will lead to... November 12, 2008 Who sent American jobs overseas?Source: American Chronicle The movement of some jobs overseas elicits loud complaints in election years. There are calls to rescind NAFTA, even though after it passed the number of jobs in both the US and Mexico increased. Economics is not a zero-sum game,... |
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