When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
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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)
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
Pitchforks and Revolutions
I am working on a post on the JPMorgan Chase settlement and the BoA judgment, and I have a couple
The 2013 Sveriges Riksbank ("Nobel") Prize, New Economy Week, etc.
(1) New Economy Week: It's New Economy Week! Sponsored by the New Economics Institute. I have just two
Shutdown and Debt Limit, Yellen, etc.
(1) Letter from a Braves Fan to His Republican Congressman: See above--this came from NBC Sports Hardball Talk, and
Cruz and Goldman Sachs, Pew and Pensions, etc.
(1) Ted Cruz and Goldman Sachs: Hat-tip to TM--apparently Ted Cruz, who is fulminating and filibustering against Obamacare,
Annual Labor Issue Posted
We are finally done (mostly) with our September/October issue. (We won't be sending it to e-subscribers
Labor Day Roundup
A few links for Labor Day (but for the real labor day, see our May Day post): * Look for the