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Cooke: Workers to Obama: No Recovery in Sight
Znet Article, October, 04 2009
Shamus Cooke
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After the recent unemployment numbers were announced, smug politicians promising economic recovery stuttered a bit. This wasn't supposed to happen. Mainstream economists were predicting a smooth upswing in employment, but in September 263,000 mor...
Cooke: The First Shots of the Trade War
Znet Article, September, 23 2009
Shamus Cooke
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With the G-20 summit approaching, cheerful talk of "international cooperation" fills the White House press-room. These comments carry with them the implication that "free trade" is integral to "cooperation," a fact made explicit in the last meeti...
Cooke: Wall Street Under Obama: Bigger and Riskier
Znet Article, September, 14 2009
Shamus Cooke
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After the financial levees broke and the crumbling banks ushered in the economic crisis, angry people clamored for drastic change in the financial system. Obama reflected these feelings well, at times using radical rhetoric to denounce the banking...
Cooke: How to Lower the U.S. Deficit Without Killing Social Security
Znet Article, September, 02 2009
Shamus Cooke
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When it was recently announced that the federal deficit was $2 trillion higher than previously estimated, corporate vultures - after years of high-altitude circling - began their descent.
Cooke: World Bankers Agree: The Recession is Over…Maybe
Znet Article, August, 24 2009
Shamus Cooke
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Few would consider the opinions of the world's central bankers to be unbiased or even accurate. These self-proclaimed wise men of international finance didn't see the recession coming until it blew up in their faces - a blast that destroyed their...
Cooke: It's Official: Healthcare Reform is Dead
Znet Article, August, 18 2009
Shamus Cooke
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The "transparent government" that President Obama guaranteed during his electoral campaign has become yet another broken promise. On August 14th, the Huffington Post revealed a memo containing details of "the deal" that Obama cut with health care ...
Cooke: Cracks Emerging in NAFTA
Znet Article, August, 13 2009
Shamus Cooke
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The once-solid North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) is starting to show its age. The 1994 trade agreement that laid the foundation for the economic/political integration of North America is encountering serious internal ruptures, threatening futu...
Cooke: A Cure for an Ailing Economy: Taxing the Rich
Znet Article, August, 10 2009
Shamus Cooke
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Healthcare isn't the only social ill in the U.S. that needs a serious remedy. The list is long and growing: state budget crises, unemployment, infrastructure, education, housing, food assistance, etc. These are all things that must be paid for, bu...
Cooke: Why the U.S. Government Hates Venezuela
Znet Article, August, 04 2009
Shamus Cooke
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The propaganda wheels are turning fast. The barrage of anti-Venezuela misinformation that began while Bush was in office has intensified in recent months. Not a week goes by without the U.S. mainstream media running at least one story about the ...
Cooke: Learning from Card Check’s Death
Znet Article, July, 20 2009
Shamus Cooke
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Maybe you didn’t hear the news: Card Check — the key provision of the Employee Free Choice Act — is dead. You might not have gotten the message because U.S. labor “leaders†are remarkably silent on the issue. Not a peep.
Cooke: GM’s Turn on Obama’s Chopping Block
Znet Article, May, 24 2009
Shamus Cooke
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The alarm bells should be ringing day and night about what’s being prepared at General Motors — the ripple effects could produce tidal waves.
Cooke: Obama and the Crisis of the U.S. Auto Industry
Znet Article, April, 30 2009
Shamus Cooke
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Making sense of the recent developments in the automobile industry is a difficult process. If you look to the media or the government for answers, you’ll receive a long-winded description of behind-the-scenes deals between Obama and his adviser...
Cooke: The Debate Over Nationalization: The Establishment Divided
Znet Article, April, 13 2009
Shamus Cooke
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As Wall Street deludes itself into thinking that the economy has finally “turned the corner,†the more intelligent economists continue sounding the alarm bells, pleading for a fundamental change in government policy to avoid a devastating, sy...
