World-News

By James Howard Kunstler

We won t have to wait much longer to find out how unexceptional America actually is.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28266.htm



QE2 Has Failed. Time To Move On

By Mike Whitney

Was Friday s job's report the final nail in the coffin for QE2?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28263.htm



Unemployment Now Worse than During Great Depression

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

We knew it was bad, but the latest US Unemployment Report, released Friday, proves that we are in the worst slump since the 1930s. This puts it in perspective.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28259.htm



Inside Job

Video - Full Movie

The film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28189.htm



'We can live the American dream' says Obama as jobs take massive hit...and almost half those created are at McDonald s.

http://bit.ly/lXPaY8



McJobs: Fast food career the new American dream?

Video

Three ongoing military campaigns that are costing the US a fortune give no comfort for the nearly 14 million unemployed Americans. With food stamps and a minimum wage the only hope for many, a career at McDonald's has now become appealing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnUllnfebZ8



Housing Prices Have Already Fallen More than During the Great Depression

By their calculations, prices are now down 33% from their 2006 peak, compared with the 31% decline during the Depression.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/housing-prices-have-already-fallen-more.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=exceptionalism
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Great+Depression
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=QE2
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+campaign
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=housing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=unemploy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=minimum+wage
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+stamps
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=James+Howard+Kunstler
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mike+Whitney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Julianne+Escobedo+Shepherd
-----