To hear the bankers tell it, the government bailout of four years ago was the best thing to hit the American economy since the invention of the assembly line. Wrong, writes Matt Taibbi: it was one of the biggest and most elaborate falsehoods ever sold to the American people. 

Secrets and Lies of the Bailout | Politics News | Rolling Stone.

Nearly three million viewers have seen Dr. Robert Lustig’s YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth.” In a new book, he documents the science and politics behind the obesity pandemic and calls for an overhaul of the global food system.

via Dr. Robert Lustig: “Fat Chance: Beating The Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease” | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR.

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