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Mocking Fed, Treasury; Circular Economy Needed; Missouri Legislature Attack on Workers
Lehman Day: Making Fun of the Second Great Depression Crowd. This week marks the seventh anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. September 15 is the day set aside to ridicule the people who warned of a second Great Depression if the US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board didn’t rescue the Wall Street banks.
Our Prosperity Is in Peril Unless We Shift From a Wasteful World to a “Circular Economy”. We have a “take, make and dispose” economy. We take natural resources, make things and dispose of them in landfills and elsewhere. This path is simply not sustainable, both for the environment and the way we live.
Showdown in the “Show Me” State. Missouri’s General Assembly will meet this week under pressure from corporations and their lobbyists to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of bills that would curb local government control over wages, paid sick leave and other employment policies, and make Missouri a right-to-work state.
