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The Debt Ceiling Debate That Wasn't

Another debt ceiling crisis is right around the corner in Australia, but their political system ensures there will be no crisis.
Obama Administration Approves ALEC Model Bill for Fracking Chemical Fluid Disclosure on Public Lands

The model bill was written by ExxonMobil.

Greg Grandin

Greg Grandin is a TomDispatch regular and the author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Lost Jungle City, a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. Later this year, his new books, Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, will be published by Metropolitan Books.