Economy

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Shockin n Rollin

 Once again, Digby nails it. The fundamental purpose of the shock doctrine is to use crisis to push through unpopular and unjust "solutions" that favor the wealthy. We are seeing this battle take shape on several fronts. The right is working feverishly to discredit the New ... Read more

The Bailouts: Who gets helped. Who doesn't.

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
On the Dec 11 Presswatch, host Theresa Mitchell, with the "News you're not supposed to know," looks at who's being bailed out and who's not by the government and the U.S. Treasury (and all of us taxpayers).   Guess what?  There's a $40,000  handout that you aren't getting!  Read more

Index of leading asshattery indicators

 I love Harper's Index. For those of you not familiar with it, Harper's Index appears near the front of every edition of Harper's magazine. It presents a sort of snapshot of current affairs by way of assembling a bunch of seemingly obscure, but ultimately telling, statistic... Read more

RIAA To Shift Tactics

Interesting notes on the RIAA and their War on Us: "Peace in our time" - 10 years later the music industry's highly controversial strategy of suing individuals for illegal file-sharing has come to an end, wants ISPs to adopt a three-strikes policy. I've read the article in ... Read more

Bailouts, Unions vs. Banks & More

Airs at: Wed, 12/03/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
                          On the Dec 4 Presswatch  host Theresa Mitchell with "the news you're not supposed to know"  discusses the discrepencies in bailouts for banks vs. workers, and other issues.  Read more

Walmart Trampling

Airs at: Thu, 11/27/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A temp employee working at a suburban New York Wal-Mart was trampled to death by customers early this morning. KBOO's Alicia Mcdaid spoke to Patrick Purcell, a representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, about the incident.   Read more

9th anniversary of WTO protests

Airs at: Tue, 12/02/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Nov. 30 marked the nine year anniversary of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. With some economists now calling for a new WTO ministerial to deal with the global economic crisis, KBOO's Jenka Soderberg takes us back to 1999 to address whether the W-T-O is the... Read more

Mark Weisbrot on the Financial Crisis

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A new 'national bank' plan by the Federal Reserve will allow the government to lend out up to 800 billion more dollars to banks and businesses. This is just the latest attempt to bail out the failing financial system in the US. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Mark Weisbrot... Read more

Kulongoski's Budget

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Governor Ted Kulongoski unveils his budget on Monday, December 1, and already, rumors suggest it will include across-the-board trim for state departments, reflecting the economic downturn. But with unemployment and use of social services at record highs in Oregon, charitabl... Read more

Nomi Prins on the Economic Maelstrom

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein  Journalist Nomi Prins helps us sort our way through the current economic crisis. President-elect Obama has just unveiled his new economic team, but the economic meltdown continues. On this week's Locus Focus our guest is journalist Nomi Prins,... Read more