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EPA’s climate change website reappears, missing the word ‘climate’

By Underground | October 21, 2017

Hey EPA, you forgot something. A couple months back all climate change pages on the EPA website were suddenly removed. They have returned but all references to climate change have been removed. … Continue reading EPA’s climate change website reappears, missing the word ‘climate’

How Could Euro Nations Start A New Currency? – Warren Mosler

By Underground | October 19, 2017

Very interesting. Important because this strategy is a ‘plan b” strategy, meaning it will work. Because it will work it can be used as an effective strategy to force the EU to … Continue reading How Could Euro Nations Start A New Currency? – Warren Mosler

Jacinda Ardern set to become New Zealand PM

By Underground | October 19, 2017

Jacinda Ardern is set to become the next prime minister of New Zealand in a meteoric rise to power just months after taking control of the opposition Labour party in the middle of an election campaign. Ms Ardern, 37, … will become one of her country’s youngest prime ministers and the third … Continue reading Jacinda Ardern set to become New Zealand PM

Prosperity gap benefiting wealthy, deepening inequality

By Underground | October 18, 2017

More than 52 million Americans live in deeply-disadvantaged, “distressed” neighborhoods. Source: Prosperity gap benefiting wealthy, deepening inequality Continue reading Prosperity gap benefiting wealthy, deepening inequality

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Opioid epidemic crisis law from ’60 minutes’ investigation could be repealed

By Underground | October 18, 2017

A bill that once passed through Congress without much objection is now being called into question after an explosive “60 Minutes”–Washington Post investigation. The investigation found that members of Congress, … Continue reading Opioid epidemic crisis law from ’60 minutes’ investigation could be repealed

Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots

By Underground | October 17, 2017

“If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.” Once robots take over it’s how society decides that everything is distributed. It’s something humans need to … Continue reading Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots

Is world-leading NHS healthcare an affordable proposition?

By Underground | October 17, 2017

The national debt is not what we currently owe but what we currently own Put simply, the commercial bank circuit serves private needs while the government circuit serves collective needs. The bank … Continue reading Is world-leading NHS healthcare an affordable proposition?

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EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’

By Underground | October 17, 2017

In the event of a dirty bomb or a nuclear meltdown, emergency responders can safely tolerate radiation levels equivalent to thousands of chest X-rays, the Environmental Protection Agency said in new guidelines … Continue reading EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’

There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever

By Underground | October 15, 2017

A new movie sets its doomed entrepreneurs amidst 17th-century “tulipmania”—but historians of the phenomenon have their own bubble to burst. All the outlandish stories of economic ruin, of an innocent sailor thrown … Continue reading There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever

Corporations Have Utterly Failed to Protect Speech

By Underground | October 14, 2017

Facebook and Twitter are hurting those they should be protecting. Due to public pressure, corporations are now censoring our public discussion, blocking accounts that say something that a powerful group does not … Continue reading Corporations Have Utterly Failed to Protect Speech

School district pulls ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from reading list; ‘makes people uncomfortable,’ official says

By Underground | October 13, 2017

Biloxi administrators pulled the novel from the 8th-grade curriculum after the district received complaints that some of the book’s language “makes people uncomfortable.” Isn’t that the point behind the book? To make … Continue reading School district pulls ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from reading list; ‘makes people uncomfortable,’ official says

How the world’s greatest financial experiment enriched the rich

By Underground | October 9, 2017

Western governments have printed trillions of dollars to boost their economies. While the asset-rich have reaped the benefits of QE, millennials and the poor have lost out. Interesting read. If the governments … Continue reading How the world’s greatest financial experiment enriched the rich