We explore the economic philosophy of John Maynard Keynes. His ideas of government spending “priming the pump” during bad times have been applied by American leaders from FDR to Obama. But Keynsian theory continue to spark fierce debate – some feel it’s still the best way out of a slump – but others believe this distorts the free-market and that these ideas have run their course.
Wikipedia's English pages have indeed "gone black" until midnight ET tonight — part of an organized protest by it and many other websites over pending anti-online piracy legislation in Congress.
A truck passes shipping containers at China Shipping at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the busiest port complex in the U.S., near Long Beach, Calif. Stricter emissions standards have cut down on air pollution from the trucks, which has been one of the most significant sources of air pollution in California for many years.
The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are the busiest in the nation. They also have some of the dirtiest air, thanks to thousands of cargo trucks that pass through each day.
But this month marks the beginning of a new era, as tighter emissions standards go into effect.
'100 Percent Clean Energy'
A common trope in environmental stories is to put things in terms of jobs vs. the environment. But that's not what happened in the case of the ports.
The Concord Monitor is reporting that a statewide poll shows almost 70 percent of those responding are against the Northern Pass hydro-electric project being able to use eminent domain to get land they need.
The Legislature holds the purse strings and House Speaker Bill O’Brien wants to prove it. O’Brien is backing a measure to divert money generated by the state’s insurance tax to New Hampshire’s rainy day fund. NHPR’s Josh Rogers reports
The measure aims to fatten the rainy day fund by $26 million, which was the state’s surplus in fiscal year 2011. Speaker O’Brien told the House ways and means committee that socking the money away amounts to simple prudence.
A deal to bring the closed Groveton paper mill in the North Country back to life has fallen through raising the possibility it will be demolished. NHPR’s Chris Jensen reports.
For the North Country there’s been a dream that the old Groveton paper mill would reopen housing some green industry that would provide local jobs.
Last year a businessman from Bath signed a contract to buy it for $2 million, saying he wanted to do just that.
A house committee heard public testimony on a bill that would withdraw the state from the federal education requirements under No Child Left Behind.
But pulling out would mean the state would forfeit more than $60 million in federal money.
The sponsor of the bill, twenty-year-old representative Weeden from Dover, says that No-Child-Left-Behind, or NCLB, has created a culture of teaching to the test that has reduced the quality of education overall.
Originally published on Tue January 17, 2012 1:28 pm
The battle for the Republican presidential nomination may or may not be decided by the end of this month. The battle for control of the Senate, on the other hand, is likely to go on all the way until the final votes are cast in November.
The House judiciary committee heard testimony today about three bills that would make it more difficult for a private utility to use eminent domain to acquire land.
Opponents of the Northern Pass project sponsor the bills, saying the planned electric transmission lines would not benefit to the state.
Republican representative Baldasaro from Londonderry gave testimony in favor of tightening up eminent domain rules.
