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Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace Newsletter January 8th, 2009 More from Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace »

Monbiot Grills Shell Oil CEO: Is There Any Investment You Would Not Make on Ethical Grounds? By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com Shell will pour big money into alternative energy when more lucrative opportunities are blocked. Where is the government brave enough to block them? Read more »   The financial crisis we face today is as complex as it is painful, and there's an enormous amount of information, analysis and opinion emerging every day about what's happening and what should be done about it. That's why AlterNet is proud to introduce a new feature: a section devoted to the best news and views on an Economy in Crisis. Our new Economy in Crisis feature will offer readers one-stop shopping for the best of what's out there -- information that they need to stay abreast of developments; economic content that impacts their daily lives. Be sure to bookmark it so you can check back for the latest headlines every day. - Joshua Holland Editor, Corporate Accountability and Workplace coverage     Republicans Fight Obama's Stimulus Plan, Fearing Its Success Will Mean Years of Political Oblivion By Dean Baker, AlterNet For Republicans, one lesson of the New Deal is that it left the Democrats firmly in power for more than 20 years. Read more »   Obama to Continue Bush's Tax-Cutting Orgy? By Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group Who can seriously argue that a family still earning an income of up to $200,000 is enduring such economic hardship that it, too, needs a tax cut? Read more »   Was Our Whole Economy One Giant Ponzi Scheme? By James Saft, Reuters Like those Bilked by Madoff, we too thought our retirement funds were growing miraculously, but ours was an illusion fueled by debt rather than fraud. Read more »   Financial Meltdown Provides Final Verdict on Reaganomics By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality The economic meltdown may finally have ended the era that began when Ronald Reagan became President. Read more »   This Looks Like the Start of a Second Great Depression By Paul Krugman, The New York Times Will we act swiftly and boldly enough to stop it from happening? Read more »   Poverty Reduction? Try a New Economic Vision for the U.S. By Margy Waller, AlterNet We need a vision of what Robert F. Kennedy called a "bond of common fate" in a new framework for advancing economic and social policy. Read more »   Obama's Perilous Compromise with Wall Street Looters By Jeffrey Klein, Huffington Post President Obama has made a bad mistake: Instead of cracking down on serial looters and complicit regulators, he plans to reward them. Read more »   Why Big Finance Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank By Rob Larson, AlterNet Instead of making loans to help the economy, they're shoring up their own finances and buying up their competitors. Read more »   As the "New Economy" Crashes, to What Degree Will Mainstream Economists Change Their Stripes? By Mark Engler, Dollars and Sense These days, establishment defectors from the doctrine of market fundamentalism are growing in number. Read more »   Shopaholics, Big Spenders and People in Debt, Getting Smacked by Economic Reality By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet This is the season for how-did-we-go broke books, stories of shopping hangovers and life ripped down to the basics. Read more »   News Flash: Americans Still Like Unions! By Dick Meister, AlterNet Most Americans support the labor movement despite loads of anti-union corporate propaganda. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     What a Better Stimulus Bill Would Look Like By Ian Welsh, Firedoglake What could Obama have proposed instead of tax cuts? Some very quick examples. Read more »   How Obama Can Fix Another Bush Disaster: The War on Workers By Art Levine, In These Times It is up to Obama to help undo the damage eight years of George Bush did to American workers. Read more »   Krugman on Obama's Massive Tax Cuts Plan: 'Bad News' By Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post Paul Krugman worries that President-elect Obama is relying too much on tax cuts in his stimulus plan in an effort to appease Republicans. Read more »   Rep. Hoyer Says Employee Free Choice Act Will Pass In 'Early Spring' By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake People have been worried about how committed Democratic leaders are to passing the bill. Hoyer set everyone straight this morning. Read more »

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