It’s not the overdone media coverage, or that you’ve read too many columns by MarketWatch’s Paul Farrell, who says: “We live in a noisy, new world filled with rage.” There actually is increasing unrest worldwide, according to a new report by Citi’s chief global political analyst, Tina M. Fordham, and Willem Buiter, the bank’s chief... Continue Reading →
Internet libertarians calling for the equal treatment of all Internet data have camped out in front of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, D.C., saying they won’t quit their Occupy-style protest until the regulator stands up for Net neutrality. About 15 people stood outside the FCC’s headquarters on Wednesday afternoon in a protest organized... Continue Reading →
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade of fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard researcher. Washington increased military benefits in late 2001 as... Continue Reading →