Casino Capitalism as Usual
The latest from our pal Mark Engler, from Foreign Policy in Focus. Casino Capitalism as Usual G20 leaves needed reforms
Billionaires Against Regulating Finance (B.A.R.F)
A public service announcement on behalf of America's most oppressed minority: billionaires. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 29, 2009
One Year After Lehman (C. P. Chandrasekhar)
From NewsClick.in: P. Chandrasekhar is a Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences,
Two Takes on Acorn
Here are two takes on the Acorn scandal/bashing—from the Yes Men (in the Washington Post) and from Bill
The G20 Must Wake America Up
A column from today's Guardian by Kevin Gallagher, a research fellow at the Global Development and Environment Institute
HR Manager Beaten to Death by Angry Workers
From CNN/Asia. Yikes! By Harmeet Shah Singh | Wednesday, September 23 2009 NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Angry workers beat to
The Staley Lockout (Thad Williamson)
Second in a series of blog posts by former D&S collective member Thad Williamson, who is teaching a
Energy Xtremism (Michael Klare)
From TomDispatch, with intro from Tom Engelhardt: Talk about roller-coaster rides: the price of a barrel of crude oil,
Emphasis on Growth Is Called Misguided
In today's NYT business section; reports on the study Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen have put out, sponsored
FDIC May Seek Bailout for Failed Banks
Banks large and small continue to drop like flies. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) was set up in the
Mankiw on Statins
Orthodox economist Greg Mankiw weighed in on the health-care debate in Sunday's New York Times, with a
Bank of America's Awesome Pecans
An amusing item from New York Magazine's Daily Intel blog (though their spin on it is needlessly crude)