Youth Unemployment Consequences, GE's Controversial Bet, Vacation Time Shocker And More

May 28, 2013 Subscribe · Forward The Startling Consequence Of High Youth Unemployment Revealed LISBON, Portugal -- The European Union's drug agency says high youth unemployment in some EU countries and cuts to public health budgets could reverse advances in fighting drug abuse. The annual European Drug Report published Tuesday said record levels of treatment provision and a drop in new heroin use and cocaine consumption were among positive developments documented last year. Continue reading... Corporate Giant Makes Big Bet On Controversial Science Amazon Workers Strike Again For Better Pay In Germany U.S. Workers Trail Rest Of Developed Countries In Vacation Time LOOK: This Billboard Is Inciting Controversy You Might Never See These Brands Again 3 Claim Powerball Prize LOOK: The World's Largest Lego Model You Might Never See These Brands Again LOOK: This Billboard Is Inciting Controversy You Might Never See These Brands Again LOOK: This Is The Perfect Job Application ROBERT REICH Beware Capitalist Tools My modest suggestion that governments become the agents of their citizens in bargaining with global capital should hardly raise an eyebrow. But capitalist tools are acting worried that average citizens may be starting to see what's really going on. Continue reading... ROGER HICKEY Apple: Bad Model for 'Tax Reform' -- California, New Tax Thinkers, Chart a Better Way A political mobilization by citizens is clearly necessary to prevent politicians in the Senate and House from embracing the corporate version of corporate tax reform. Continue reading... JARED BERNSTEIN Tar Sands Oil: You Can Stall It, But I Doubt You Can Stop It Though what we should be arguing about is the cost/benefit ratio of extracting oil from tar sands, instead we're arguing about whether its delivery mechanism -- the pipeline -- is up to code. Once again, we're missing the endangered forest for the trees. Continue reading... DEAN BAKER Excel Spreadsheet Error, Ha Ha! Lessons From the Reinhart-Rogoff Controversy The story of the Reinhart-Rogoff error tells us a great deal about how the elites use economists and the prestige of the economics profession in order to impose their will on the public. Continue reading... MAGGIE JACKSON Why Google's Idea to Get Technology 'Out of the Way' Is Short-Sighted Today, the popular idea that our devices should fade into the background -- exemplified by Google's aim to get technology 'out of the way' via its Google Glass -- is alarming. If technology becomes invisible to us, we risk losing sight of how it shapes us, for good and for ill. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003