Monday Coronavirus Roundup: Markets Plunge, Trading Halted Over Virus Fears
The market circuit breaker kicked in four minutes after the market opened and stopped trading for 15 minutes.
Global Markets Drop As U.S. Bonds Send Classic Recession Warning
The spread between the 2-year Treasury yield and the 10-year yield flipped so that the 2-year was higher than the benchmark 10-year yield for the first time since June, 2007.
Eddie Glaude: 'This Unabiding Faith In The Market Is What's Put Us Here'
In a discussion about the Green New Deal, Princeton professor Eddie Glaude pushed back hard against the market as the primary solution for climate change.
Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work
WhoWhatWhy.com Editor-in-Chief Russ Baker writes an eloquent remembrance of the late journalist Jonathan Rowe—and why his ideas are so crucial for our future.
Big Commodity Traders Control World Grain Market
The devastating heatwave that's overtaken the United States is destroying a great part of American agriculture. Forty-five percent of the corn crop has been destroyed, 35 percent of the soya bean crop, pushing the price of commodities to record highs. Overall, the global food prices have risen by 6 percent in July alone.
Over 70 Injured As Protesters Clash With Police In Madrid
At least 76 people have been injured in Madrid as clashes flared up between protesters and police, the latter using rubber bullets. Thousands of Spaniards turned out against new cuts introduced by the government.
Quick Thought On The VP Debate
I was taking notes throughout, but won't regurgitate all of them. Ifill's moderation style was more like a Miss America contest in that it wasn't rea
Lou Dobbs Blames Financial Crisis On Left Wing Groups Like ACORN And The CRA
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In times of unrest, it's amazing how quickly some people will go to finding some way to scapegoat the
House Vote On The Bail Out: Open Thread: Fails
Wow, it's going down to the wire with many NO votes...207-226 right now.
The Market is tanking badly too...And Newt Gingrich issues a statement that
Paulson Says Root Cause Of Economic Turmoil Was 'Housing Correction'
He opens up today by lying. I can think of a better phrase: "predatory lending."
The housing market corrected for a reason and it had something to do
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