Ideas in Art, culture, technology, politics and life-- In Brooklyn or Beacon NY -- and Beyond (anyway, somewhere beginning with a "B")
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Faster than the Speed of Light?
Has the team at CERN identified particles that are shot between two labs that are arriving slightly before they left the lab. Does this indicate that the speed of light can be exceeded? Details here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484
Preventing the Great Depression 2: Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini outlines recommended steps to prevent the double dip recession from collapsing into a full-fledged global depression (aka Great Depression II) here
Dr. Roubini: "The risks ahead are not just of a mild double-dip recession, but of a severe contraction that could turn into Great Depression II, especially if the eurozone crisis becomes disorderly and leads to a global financial meltdown. Wrong-headed policies during the first Great Depression led to trade and currency wars, disorderly debt defaults, deflation, rising income and wealth inequality, poverty, desperation, and social and political instability that eventually led to the rise of authoritarian regimes and World War II. The best way to avoid the risk of repeating such a sequence is bold and aggressive global policy action now."
Dr. Roubini: "The risks ahead are not just of a mild double-dip recession, but of a severe contraction that could turn into Great Depression II, especially if the eurozone crisis becomes disorderly and leads to a global financial meltdown. Wrong-headed policies during the first Great Depression led to trade and currency wars, disorderly debt defaults, deflation, rising income and wealth inequality, poverty, desperation, and social and political instability that eventually led to the rise of authoritarian regimes and World War II. The best way to avoid the risk of repeating such a sequence is bold and aggressive global policy action now."
Plain Speaking: Elizabeth Warren on the Debt Crisis and Fair Taxation -- Direct and to the Point
Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren on the Debt Crisis and Fair Taxation here