Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is the Ronald A. Kurtz professor of entrepreneurship at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and co-author of “White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You.” The global financial crisis that broke out following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 was a big shock. This is literally true in […]
Monday October 05, 2015 09:47 WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says some Wall Street executives should have gone to jail for their roles in the financial crisis that gripped the country in 2008 and triggered the Great Recession. Billions of dollars in fines have been levied against major banks and brokerage firms in the wake of the economic meltdown that was in large part […]
Muslim immigration and European Jewry www.jpost.com/Opinion/Muslim-immigration-and-European-Jewry-419337 By CHARLES BYBELEZER \ 09/28/2015 21:31 A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he walks through a rainstorm towards Greece’s border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni. (photo credit:REUTERS) In the prevailing climate of political correctness, policies are too often driven by emotional arguments rather than sober analysis, a reality currently playing out in the debate over the mass influx […]
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and Simon Schama on Jewish Identity:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Volkswagen Says 11 Million Cars Worldwide Are Affected in Diesel Deception By JACK EWING , SEPT. 22, 2015 FRANKFURT — The scope of Volkswagen’s diesel scandal broadened on Tuesday, when the company said that 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide were equipped with the same software that was used to cheat on emissions tests in the United States. The German automaker said it was […]
Here is the video that Israeli Corporations and the Israeli Government refused to pay for: Produced by David Bedein and Israel Behind the News.
World | Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:44pm EDT SEOUL | BY JACK KIM AND JU-MIN PARK North Korea said on Tuesday its main nuclear complex was operating and it was working to improve the “quality and quantity” of weapons which it could use against the United States at “any time.” The comments on North Korea’s official news agency came after its space agency said late Monday it was […]
September 10, 2015 12:09 PM . View photo French cereal farmer Paul Francois leaves Lyon courthouse December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Robert Pratta LYON/PARIS, France (Reuters) – A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso weedkiller. The decision by an appeal court in […]
Politics | Tue Sep 8, 2015 4:18pm EDT Related: POLITICS, HEALTH Battle lines drawn as legislative fight over labeling looms BY CAREY GILLAM Combatants in a national food fight over labeling genetically modified products are gearing up for a showdown in the U.S. Senate, campaign leaders said on Tuesday. The tactics range from old-fashioned lobbying to modern social media campaigns, and both sides say it is too […]
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