I missed this story last week, and it's an important one. If you want evidence that Disaster Capitalism - the termed coined by Naomi Klein in her brilliant book "The Shock Doctrine" is still the dominant tactic of free market militants, look no further than what is being proposed ...read more

By Ben Cohen: Europe has bailed out Greece (again) in a historic deal that guarantees the bankrupt nation 130 million euros. From the NY Times: Greece finally secured its second giant bailout early Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers agreed to save it from bankruptcy in ...read more