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'Food or Fuel'? You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Dennis T. Avery, Special to BMI | May 23, 2007
     Global warming must already have fried our brains. George Bush and the Congress can’t wait to pour more subsidies into corn ethanol. Indonesia is clearing tropical forest to grow palm oil for Europe’s diesel engines. Canada is about to build…
Remember Social Security?
Kristina Rasmussen, Special to BMI | February 14, 2007
     After making a brief appearance in 2005 and spending 2006 in the wings, Social Security reform took center stage again last week with the inclusion of “personal retirement accounts” in President Bush’s budget proposal.      Following the…
The Real Gas Threat - from OPEC
Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Special to BMI | March 26, 2008
     Skyrocketing gasoline prices may be pushing the U.S. economy over the edge, but the oil-rich lords of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cartel don’t give a hoot.      Chakib Khelil, OPEC’s president and Algeria’s…