May Day links
(1) The Maypole's Revolutionary Heritage: Seems like I'm always reading May Day pieces that carefully distinguish
David Cay Johnston at the JP Forum, Tuesday 4/15
Please join us this Tuesday, April 15th for a Tax Day talk by David Cay Johnston: "Taxes and Inequality:
Congressman Bill Foster Explains Why Middle Class Tax Cuts Lead to Economic Growth
[Bill Foster (IL-11) says it better than I could myself—Polly] Washington, DC, Friday, April 4, 2014 – Today, Congressman Bill
New Issue!
(You may have noticed some problems with the blog--several of the posts from earlier this year have strangely disappeared. I
New Issue!
Our January/February issue is (finally) out. We had already been posting articles (it's the layout that takes
New Year links, and a joke
A New Year's joke: First person: "Happy 2015!" Second person: "Don't you mean
Rakoff on "Willful Blindness" and other links
This and that before I leave town. (1) Judge Rakoff Excoriates Justice Dept. on Failure to Prosecute Banksters: * Jed S.
Detroit Bankruptcy and Pensions
I just posted a piece Katherine Sciacchitano wrote for us about pensions and Detroit's bankruptcy, The Pension-Busters'
New Issue! Plus links.
(1) New Issue! Our November/December 2013 issue is finally done (sent to the printers and to e-subscribers, anyhow). Here
What If Chained CPI Had Been Used to Calculate COLAs Since 2002?
(I have been meaning to post Lou Reed's "Strawman." My favorite line: "Does anybody need
JPMorgan Chase and BoA, etc.
Ok, I need to get a lot of links off my plate (to mix metaphors--unless we're talking about
Pitchforks and Revolutions
I am working on a post on the JPMorgan Chase settlement and the BoA judgment, and I have a couple