Thursday 11 June Links

State and Local Governmetn Financial Woes Grow

http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2009/06/crumbling-municipal-finance.html


Rapidly Rising Oil Prices Cause Grave Concerns and Fears

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/10/oil-market-reserves


The American Economy as It Stands in June '08

http://www.newgeography.com/content/00843-state-economy-june-2009


Senator Jim Webb on Criminal Justice Reform

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-jim-webb/why-we-must-reform-our-cr_b_214130.html


A Sign of Things to Come Nationally with Housing Prices ?

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cheaphomes10-2009jun10,0,4802553.story


The Good and Bad of the Internet and World Wide Web

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/the-inelegant-internet_b_214047.html


Hopes for EFCA Enactment Remain Alive

http://www.seiu.org/2009/05/colorado-needs-the-employee-free-choice-act.php


The Benefits of the Proposed Climate Change Legislation

http://climateprogress.org/2009/06/09/waxman-markey-energy-efficiency-savings-jobs/


Controls on Excessive Corporate Executive Pay Sought

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-executive-pay11-2009jun11,0,4081733.story


Rating the Best Cities Globally to Live and Work In

http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.htm?idContent=1128060#Top50_qol


The Ranally Economic Indexing of Cities and Metros

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranally_city_rating_system


More on Quality of Life Ratings of Cities

http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?rf=0


Info on Digital Television Signal Change Coming Friday 12 June

http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=20271195&gt1=40000


Make it Single Payer Says Health Professionals

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/06/10-9


New American Industrial Policy Urged

http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/1612977,CST-EDT-jesse09.article


Most Comprehensive Recycling Policy Enacted in San Francisco

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/10/MN09183NV8.DTL


Emissions from China Overwhelms Any Anti-Global Warming Efforts Elsewhere

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/09/china-sandalow-stern-emissions


Tent Cities Increasing Nationwide

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090622/ehrenreich/single


Upbeat Forecast by Economic Analysts Working for Gannett Media

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/economic-outlook.htm



But This is More the Likely Scenario Economically to Eventuate

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/king-report-not-a-real-recovery/


Greider: The Eternal Greed of Wall Street Has Yet to be Reined In

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090622/greider2


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