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Government Economic Leaders Surprised that Real World Isn't Responding to their Magic Pixie Dust

→ Was hington’s Blog Fed chief Ben Bernanke told the financial crisis inquiry commission today: If the crisis has a single lesson, it is that the too-big-to-fail problem must be solved   ***   Too-big-to-fail financial institutions were both a source ... of the crisis and among the primary impediments to policymakers' efforts to contain it .... That's funny, given that Bernanke has been one of ...

China Begs, Borrows, Steals American Know-How: Peter Navarro

China’s fourth-largest steel producer, government-owned Anshan Iron & Steel Group , wants to buy a stake in the U.S. Steel Development Co. The plan is to build five new mills, with the first adding 120 jobs to one of America’s most economically depressed states, Mississippi. What could be wrong with that?

How Jargon Can Damage Nonprofit Work

I was talking with my colleagues today about the "tyranny of language" in our sector. What does that mean? In a way, it's about good intentions gone horribly awry.

Santa Barbara officials say 'no, thanks' to oil drilling

Santa Barbara’s Doubletree Resort hosted a major west coast oil drilling forum yesterday, in an event put on by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement.

Bad eggs have Maine link

The owner of a farm behind a huge recall of eggs due to a salmonella outbreak was cited for violations at his Turner, Maine, operation in the 1990s.