photo credit: quinn.anya A few articles to vibe you up on key dinner table topics: Preserving Old Growth Forests is Vital to Saving the Planet – our forests soak up the most carbon in the world – all Victorians should quote this! US Waxman-Marley Bill on carbon trading will eliminate existing EPA authority to fight [...]

photo credit: Jesper Särnesjö Renegade Economists Podcast 95 As broadcast on the mighty www.3cr.org.au on Wednesday June 24th. Subscribe to the podcast Show Notes: Protecting the 1%: the grand theft continues as Prof Michael Hudson shines the spotlight on the financial warfare of today. Hear how the $12 trillion financial bailout is non-inflationary and how [...]

THE INQUISITIVE BOY By “SPOKESHAVE” (circa early 1900′s) Out of the vault – this sums up our message like few others – please pass it on What place is that, pa? That is a brickyard, my son. Whose brickyard is it, pa? It belongs to me, my son. Do all these piles of bricks belong [...]

Dare we mention that even the power of Starbucks is belittled by the ultimate monopoly power of the landlord! This is why we can benefit from $10 jeans (and say a prayer for the sweatshop workers as we hand over our money) but yet we still have no real improvement in our lives. Where has [...]