http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/1190/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/some_china_wants_ban_eating_dog_and_cat <p>Chinese government is considering legislation that would ban eating cats and dogs. Cat meat can be found on menus in China, Vietnam, parts of South America. Ban on eating dog, cat meat part of a larger proposal to toughen animal welfare laws. Dog and cat meat has become more difficult to find in anticipation of the new ban</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/some_china_wants_ban_eating_dog_and_cat#comments cat China dog government meat News Article peta poor Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:07 +0000 econ_r6 4136 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/put_inflation_political_agenda_the_nation <p>Note: This article was written by Nicholas von Hoffman for The Nation. This man has a lot of courage: he points out that inflation hurts the poor the most. The rich can purchase hedges against inflation; the poor have no such protection. Even if inflation reduces unemployment, if salaries are worthless the poor are no better off. It is the worst-off of society that suffer from bad economic policy, as usual. He also implies that the Fed was counting on a looming crisis to take care of inflation for them. If this is true, then the Fed may really be as evil as many say it is.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/put_inflation_political_agenda_the_nation#comments hoffman inflation Money nation News Article nicolas poor r