US Asked to Abandon Cold War Nuke Strategy

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepthNews Report http://www.indepthnews.net/ BERLIN (IDN) – In run-up to the NATO Summit in Chicago on May 20, a new report is calling for abandoning the Cold War rationale and ushering in a systemic change in U. S. nuclear force structure, strategy and posture in order [...]


U.S.: Tea Party Loses in Fight with Big Business

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 (IPS) – For leaders of the right-wing populist "Tea Party" who have bragged about their growing influence – if not domination – of the Republican Party, the past week’s battle over the future of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) has been [...]


Top 5 Figures Influencing Renewable Energy in the U.S.

Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com As Oilprice.com embarks on its Top 5 series, we thought it expedient to begin with our take on the key figures shaping and influencing U.S. renewable energy efforts, not least because the issue of energy security is being prioritized in campaigning ahead of [...]


U.S.-Mexico Border Build-Up Found Excessive

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Apr 19, 2012 (IPS) – While Republican politicians and other "border hawks" call for ever-tougher measures to secure the U.S.-Mexican border against drug trafficking and illegal immigration, a one-year bi-national study released here Thursday suggests that current efforts may be excessive. The study, a [...]


First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit was Temporary Fix At Best

The credit led to an enormous transfer of wealth to sellers and lenders at the expense of buyers. For Immediate Release: April 18, 2012 Contact: Alan Barber, (202) 293-5380 x115 Washington, D.C.- In February of 2009, with the housing market in a free fall, Congress decided to add a first-time homebuyer tax credit to the [...]


The War on Public Sector Workers

Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Truthout, April 16, 2012 See the article on the original website By Dean Baker Politicians across the country are using heaping doses of the politics of envy to try to arouse the anger of workers. However, their targets are not the corporate CEOs pulling down tens of millions [...]


U.S.: A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Judith Scherr SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – Occupy activists from Wall Street to San Francisco’s financial district have dramatised their anger with big financial institutions by blocking JP Morgan Chase Bank doorways, dancing atop Wells Fargo counters, pitching a tent in a Bank of [...]


U.S.: "Money Isn’t Speech, Corporations Aren’t People"

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kanya D’Almeida NEW YORK, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – In most mainstream media the words "corruption" and "election fraud" accompany images of makeshift polling stations manned by armed guards in Burma or burning tires beside tattered ballot boxes in South Sudan – the insidiousness of stolen elections [...]


Banks Holding 1.4 Trillion, Could Create 19 Million Jobs

The Real News Network December 21, 2011 Bob Pollin: Study looks at impact of 1.4 trillion in excess liquid asset holdings if put in productive investments More at The Real News


Eurozone Crisis Enters New Phase as ECB Fights Europe for Austerity

Repubished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), December 7, 2011 Read the article on the original site. By Mark Weisbrot The house is on fire and the owners are arguing about what kind of safety regulations should be implemented in the future so as to prevent these types of fires. [...]