Month July 2010

Crises of capitalism

Regardless of your political stripe, this animated video is engaging and thought provoking. It also offers a great summary of the dialogue that has taken shape across the world in response to the global financial crisis.

California budget impasse continues

California started a new fiscal year last week with no budget, something which happens with alarming regularity. Sacramento legislators faced with a choice between staying there and collecting a per diem with nothing to vote on or hightailing it home…

Confidence fairies have infiltrated The White House

Krugman on the White House timidly following a hard right business line that business won’t invest until the government stopped doing so. It’s garbage, of course: businesses are refusing to invest because they don’t see enough demand for their products.…

Jackrabbit Cheese now online

DJ’s Jackrabbit Cheese is now online, selling artisan goat milk and cow milk cheeses. And they are delicious, trust me! From his blog Our new online cheese store is now up and running! You can order cheese for pickup, local…

Wind power lowers energy costs

Ecogeek quotes a European study “As a general rule, additional wind replaces coal during hours of low power demand and gas during hours of high demand, but ‘the overall amount the price goes down depends on the power mix in…