Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City
A rundown of the Democratic mayoral nominee's policy positions.
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Trust Your Guts (Greider)
Joe Nocera likes Geithner's new plan. William Greider, not so much. Here is an excerpt from his recent
Obama vs. Cuomo on Bank Investigations
From Bloomberg: Obama Backs Banks, Seeks to Block Fair-Lending Probe By Greg Stohr March 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration&
Single-Payer Updates
First, we noticed this excellent webpage, with links and resources on single-payer, from Physicians for a National Health Care Program.
New Home Sales Fell In February, Not Rose
From Barry Ritholtz in the RGE Monitor: WSJ: Sales of new homes rose in February for the first time in
Closures and Layoffs (Mar. 22-28)
This week's Closures & Layoffs report from Mark Heschmeyer. I think we forgot to post this for a
Official Unemployment Numbers Grim
The latest official unemployment numbers from the Labor Department show continuing deterioration in the job market, setting a record for
Wage Theft (NYT, ABC News!)
Kim Bobo, director of Interfaith Worker Justice and author of Wage Theft in America (which we excerpted here and here)
Why Georgists Correctly Predicted the Crisis
For more on the Georgists, Henry George, and the idea of a land tax, see this excellent sidebar D&
Common Security Clubs
An exciting new project spearheaded by Chuck Collins, D&S Associate, and of the Institute for Policy Studies. '
Pensions In Peril
Those with their retirements in 401(k) plans have taken a huge hit. Those with defined pension plans aren'
Successful bank rescue still far away (Martin Wolf)
Interesting piece by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times. By Martin Wolf | March 24 2009 19:24 I am becoming
Hey Paul Krugman (A Song, A Plea)
Catchy tune from YouTube. Hat-tip to Bryan S. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOYAuk809fY&hl=en&