Does Obama’s economic recovery and investment package, no longer called a stimulus package, do enough to right the sinking ship? According to Jeff Madrick the only reason people have done well over the past thirty years is because of a debt based social contract. They could borrow against their homes, their stocks, and of course their credit cards.

Does Obama’s economic recovery and investment package, no longer called a stimulus package, do enough to right the sinking ship? According to Jeff Madrick the only reason people have done well over the past thirty years is because of a debt based social contract. They could borrow against their homes, their stocks, and of course their credit cards.

The role of tax havens and offshore accounts in the current financial crisis have gone largely under the radar. The American News Project reports that without tax havens this crisis would have been far less severe. From Bernie Madoff to the big investment banks a lot of money is kept offshore to disguise financial flows and asset accumulation.

As Israeli soliders continue to move further into Gaza and their commanders tell the world that their military assualt there is going to get more intense, some are resisting. We've heard their voices on this program. But if ever there was a moment for conscientious objection this is it.Never before has an assault of this type been undertaken -- nominally targetting a militia force -- but deep into civilian terroritory, occupied

There's been coverage of the war in Gaza but has it been good?

Are we aware of just how dependent our economy and lifestyle are on oil? And can we break what some have called our addiction to petroleum and petroleum based products? Adolfo Doring's new film, Blind Spot, explores the consequences of cheap abundant energy for the global environment.

Today, unemployment's up and going higher. The President elect is proposing a one trillion dollar economic stimulus plan - but how to spend it?

As congress convened for their first day of business last week, activists urging an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan marched on Washington.

When Israeli bombings began ten days ago women and children in Gaza were already vulnerable. Since then the area's medical and sanitation infrastructure has been destroyed. Hospitals are without power. Doctors are running out of emergency medical supplies to treat the wounded. It is feared that the death toll will rise from several hundred into the thousands if the injured are unable to receive treatment.

Today on GRITtv: Joe the Plumber's going to Israel, and Sanjay Gupta's becoming Surgeon General ... will that help or hurt the coverage of the Middle East? There's been coverage of the war in Gaza but has it been good? The New York Times has taken to calling the war, "Israel’s war on the Islamist rulers of Gaza."