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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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Hearings
The hearings for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission are going on right now. Zachery Kouwe of the New York Times&
Banks Prepare for Big Bonuses, Public Wrath (NYT)
From the New York Times: Banks Prepare for Big Bonuses, and Public Wrath Read the rest of the article.
December Job Numbers (BLS)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its Employment Situation report today. The unemployment rate stayed the same at
2009 Management Guff (Lucy Kellaway)
I've started to look forward to Lucy Kellaway's (of the Financial Times) annual run-down on
How Many People Are on Food Stamps?
A pop quiz: How many Americans are on food stamps? How many children in the United States are on food
Bringing Overpaid Executives to Heel
From today's LA Times. Hat-tip to Danny Postel. The cover story in our Nov/Dec issue, Have
Ponzi Collapses Nearly Quadrupled in '09 (AP)
From the Associated Press: Read the rest of the article.
Appeal to Our Blog Readers
Dear Regular Visitors to the D&S blog: If you read postings to the D&S blog via
$57,077.60, Surging by the Minute (Jo Comerford)
Tom Engelhart's last post of the year over at TomDispatch, is In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities: Why War Will
Krugman vs. Hudson on Samuelson
I was alerted by this post on Naked Capitalism to a back-and-forth between Paul Krugman and Michael Hudson
Bernanke, Time, Senate Banking Committee
Well the New York Times website is reporting that the Senate Banking Committee just approved Ben Bernanke for a second
Howard Dean: Kill the Senate Health Care Bill
From a Vermont Public Radio broadcast from Tuesday: Hear the segment.