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Earth 2100:Civilization at CrossroadsAct 1: Meet Lucy [born 2009], our guide through the next century, as civilization changes.video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerPeople are...
View ArticleExercises in Economics: Some Un-Common Wisdom ... with respect to the 1%...
In tribute to that season, where we as a society, search for and celebrate, our common humanity -- I thought a historical journey through the plight of "commoners" (ie Laborers, the 99%) might be in...
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What fresh Doom will 2012 bring?
By this time next year will we all be ducking for cover?Will the ancient forces of Galactic Gravity finally cast our puny planet onto the trash heap of 'Good ideas -- BUT ...' If you believe in the...
View ArticleThat's Not All!
After opposing the Job Guarantee proposal as part of the broader MMT policy program in service of the goals of public purpose, full employment with a living wage and price stability, and for many weeks...
View ArticleGovernor's Budget Moves PA in Wrong Direction
Governor Tom Corbett delivered his 2012-13 budget address to a joint session of the state Legislature today. We are still working on our budget analysis at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center....
View ArticleThe Future of American Jobs
In his new book The Coming Job War, Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of the polling firm The Gallup Organization, argues that we are at beginning stages of a worldwide war for jobs:“A global jobs war is...
View Articlethe enervation of innovation
UK2.net, a leading British web-hosting service, features a blog area with contributions from staff and guests. The subject of one blog is The Broadband Wars, about various nations struggling to get...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson gets angry (video)
I found this video of Neil deGrasse Tyson being awesome and had to share it. He makes a great point in this video (and others) about how the space race was such a driving force in our culture and how...
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It may be a Small Blue-Green Bio-World afterall
Image Source: Cornell Initiative for Sustainable Bioenergy CropsSapphire’s Breakthrough Processing Technology Unlocks Value in Cyanobacteria for Energy Sapphire Energy -- press article -- Feb. 29,...
View ArticleThe incredible shrinking footprint of Bio-(carbon-consuming)-Fuels
In case you missed it, President Obama recently made a big commitment to pursue Bio-Fuels -- in the form of Algae -- grown right here in the United States. If you missed it, rest assured the...
View ArticleFalling in Love... with Dirt
Paul Quinn College has found a way to score big on the football field—without playing a single down.
View ArticleThe 2 Trillion Dollar Canard
A conservative coworker of mine has been trying out some new Talking Points.Something about how the US Economy is burdened by an extra $2 Trillion a year in "Unnecessary Regulatory Expenses" ... and...
View ArticleNew York City, New York State bet on the Future
If you peruse the BBC web site as I do on a regular basis, you'll often find stories about the U.S. that the media here don't seem to find headline worthy. Sometimes you have to wonder why; you'd...
View ArticleOld Tools, New Vision, Where's the Fit?
This is not a complaint. It's a cry for help. If you check on YouTube.com/hamesfarmer you'll see very clearly what we're working on. We have put an offer on the buildings, and the credit union is...
View ArticleSolar airplane completes 4,000-mile journey from Switzerland to Morocco, and...
This is the kind of news that gives me hope...Solar Powered Airplane Makes First Intercontinental Round-trip FlightA unique airplane has just completed a 6,000 km journey, making the first...
View ArticleThe End of Economic Growth, Economic Inequality, and Class War
I read a very interesting article this afternoon by Thomas Edsall in the New York Times:No More Industrial Revolutions?In it he refers to work done by Robert J. Gordon, an economist at Northwestern...
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Failure Of Green Energy Companies Doesn't Mean We Don't Need Green Energy
President Obama visits a wind turbine factory A couple of my conservative friends post on Facebook with glee every time a green energy company that received government loans fails or if the Chevy Volt...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard: An example of folly in American business management.
I have recently read in the newspapers that Hewlett-Packard, one of the US’s iconic technology companies, continues to struggle economically. The latest calamity to strike the company was the decision...
View ArticleThe Insurers know the real score
Or more precisely the Insurers'Insurers do. The Re-Insurers.Their long-run trend numbers are in. And the insurance forecast calls for pain.Emotional and Economic Pain. Lots of it.Swept in by a...
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A material to hang your hat (and clothes) on - a cardboard photo essay
A couple of months ago I was asked to do an assignment for Alternet about the future of cardboard as a viable renewable alternative to other, less renewable packaging, building, and common use...
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