As Texas Green Movement Gains Momentum, Solar Power Shines In San Antonio

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 As Texas Green Movement Gains Momentum, Solar Power Shines In San Antonio Al Ritter's power bill was pretty high this month. But not as high as it might have been. Ritter, a retired Air Force electrical engineer, lives in San Antonio -- a city hit hard by the great Texas drought of 2011, the worst in the state's history. Temperatures have regularly topped 100 this summer, and the earth is baking. In the Ritters' front yard, the cedar elm, starved for water, is losing its leaves several months ahead of schedule. Health Insurance Costs Surging, Snapping Trend Toward Moderate Growth Study: Boost In Union Membership Would Be Boon To Middle Class Goldman Sachs May Lay Off More Employees Than Previously Indicated Jobs-Hard-To-Get Index Rises To Highest Level Since 1983 BLOG POSTS Carne Ross: A Manifesto for Better Banking The banking system is both a cause and an intrinsic part of our current economic and political crisis. Here are some suggestions for a manifesto for the Occupy Wall Street protests currently taking place. Bruce Ackerman: Class Warfare? President Obama's "millionaire tax" has generated two sound-bite replies. Not only is he engaging in "class warfare," but he is indulging in sheer political posturing -- there simply isn't a lot of money to be raised by targeting the super-rich. Both charges are mistaken. Jared Bernstein: Prevention Over Correction in the Housing Market When it comes to financial or housing markets, preventive policy is better than corrective policy. The Greenspan Fed got this exactly wrong, arguing that the Fed can neither spot nor stop bubbles. Erik Rasmussen: What the World Needs Now: An Economic Timeout What could help save the world economy would be if the world's politicians eliminated quick-fixes and looked at the underlying reasons for why our current growth model isn't working. Robert Lenzner: Obama's Incoherent Economic Policy-Making The only conclusion you can reach from reading Ron Suskind's Confidence Men, an informal history of Wall Street and the White House under Barack Obama, is one of childish rivalries, a lack of decisiveness and follow-through.

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