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Federal Reserve: Through its network of consultants, visiting scholars, alumni and staff economists, the Federal Reserve thoroughly dominates the field of economics. Any real criticism of the central bank has become a career liability for members of the profession, an investigation by the Huffington Post has found. see |
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Wind Mills? NIMBY: Battles over the height and noise level of residential windmills, and even over the shadows cast by their blades, are springing up from Maine to California. Towns across the U.S. are grappling with how to regulate windmills on residential property. In wind-rich regions, the installation of small wind turbines can affect neighbors and property values. see |
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The Real Economy: In the U.S., the most highly paid employees received more than $2.1 trillion of the $6.4 trillion paid in total wages in 2007. Between 1979 and 2006, the inflation-adjusted after-tax income of the richest 1 percent of households increased by 256 percent. see |
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Geoengineering: Scientists are encouraging government-funded research into geo-engineering. Often, they are driven by one powerful motive fear. All too aware of the implications of unchecked CO2 emissions and worried that political systems aren't moving quickly enough to respond to changes in the planet's physical systems these scientists say we may have no other option than to tinker with the sky. see |
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Peak Oil, Gas, and Coal? Energy maven says all fossil fuels will be in decline in the next two decades. He says we only have about 50 years to build a whole new renewable energy system, almost from scratch. Net energy importers like the US could be starved for fuel as decline sets in, and net energy exporters could wind up shouldering much of the burden of new manufacturing. see |
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