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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Europe Defended Against Krugman
In a New York Times op-ed Monday, Paul Krugman criticized European governments for under-reacting to the financial crisis: A strong
Amazon Kindle Equals the Death of Personhood, Ownership, and Free Speech?
An interesting if broad-brush attack on e-book readers in today’s Christian Science Monitor: Read it here.
Capital Flowing Out of Developing Countries
From Nouriel Roubini’s RGE Monitor: The reversal of capital inflows due to deleveraging or losses in financial markets has
A Bit More on Madoff and Wiesel
In my earlier post expanding on Joe Nocera's column on Madoff's victims, I'd meant
D&S in Polish
We just received a pdf copy of the March issue of the Polish edition of Le Monde diplomatique, which includes
Madoff's Accomplices: His Victims (Nocera)
Finally, somebody in a mainstream publication says something close to what I have been thinking about the Madoff victims. In
AIG, Labor, and the Sanctity of Contracts
Today's main columnist in the New York Times business section, Andrew Ross Sorkin, echoes the comments Larry Summers
Single-Payer Rally in Burlington TODAY
This is happening in about 45 minutes, but in case any of our readers happen to be in Burlington... Hundreds
Jobless Hit with Bank Fees on Benefits
Here's another one that I have been meaning to post for a while. I haven't seen
New Report on Global Gender Pay Gap
Catching up on a backlog of stuff to post. Here is something that I should have posted for International Women&
Our RSS Feed Is Working Again
To blog subscribers: You may have noticed that our feed was down this weekend (starting at around 2pm on Friday)
AIG Head Insists On Giving Millions In Bonuses
AIG, the company that has received more bailout billions than any other institution ($140 billion and the meter is still