Posts Tagged ‘States’

• State of the States: BNN Interview
  Gregor Macdonald, August 11th, 2010 at 11:54 pm, Comments: 0

  The news of the 26 billion dollar aid package for the states was perhaps buried a little under this week’s FED meeting, but in other countries outside the US there may be stronger recognition of the problem the new bailout represents. Last year, in a post at www.gregor.us titled Washington’s Dilemma, I explained that if [...]

• Readings: Tuesday 2 March 2010
  Gregor Macdonald, March 2nd, 2010 at 9:49 pm, Comments: 0

  My Verdict on the Bloom Box: Chris Nelder, GetRealList.com.
  Drought Threatens Syria Economy as Refugees Flee Parched Farms: Daniel Williams, Bloomberg.com.
  Bad weather and uncertainty hit construction sector recovery: Phillip Inman, Guardian.co.uk.
  U.K. Teeters on the Brink of Its Own Greek Debt Tragedy: Landon Thomas Jr., The New York Times.
  A Game of Tag Breaks Out Between London’s Graffiti [...]

• MacroTwits Hour: 31 January 2010
  Gregor Macdonald, February 4th, 2010 at 10:41 pm, Comments: 0

  Subscribers and readers to this blog who may not have caught  the regular Sunday Night’s MacroTwits show may find this re-broadcast an easy on-ramp to a very good discussion of the problems that confront both US States, and European Union States. Readers may also find it helpful to know that the full range of stocktwits.tv [...]

• Readings:Tuesday 10 November 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, November 10th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, Comments: 0

  Key Oil Figures Were Distorted by US Pressure, Says Whistleblower: Terry Macalister, The Guardian.
  IEA Warns Non-Opec Oil Supply Will Peak Next Year: Kate Mackenzie, FT energysource.
  World Energy Outlook Executive Summary (12 page Adobe .pdf), IEA Paris.
  Too Fearful to Publicise Peak Oil Reality: Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian.
  Guardian Raises Questions about Past IEA Forecasts of World Oil; [...]