Taxing the Top
In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.
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Wall Street Digs In
Good online piece from Newsweek from a while ago (April 10th). The subtitle is confusing, though: clearly Obama is getting
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (ix): Zizek
A series of blog postings by D&S collective member Larry Peterson A Meditation on The Monstrosity of Christ
The Big Banks' Fuzzy Math
There's less than meets the eye to the latest reports of bank profits. Most of it appears to
Another $3 Billion Ponzi Scheme
It's getting hard to keep track these days. Was anybody making money honestly this past decade? From the
Sky High Unemployment for Blacks With Degrees
Another EPI economic snapshot: See original post for sources and more info.
Financialization of the American University
This is from D&S collective member Faisal Chaudhry, with whom we hung out in NYC this past weekend
Big Corps Using Bailout Bucks For Lobbying
It's the best game in town. Get taxpayer bailout billions and spend some of the spare cash on
American Empire Foreclosed? (Mark Engler)
One of the people that we (D&S collective member and blogger Larry Peterson and I) got to hang
Obama *Does* Take on Entrenched Interests
I missed a noteworthy item in Saturday's New York Times because I was down in New York for
Online Course on the Crisis (UMass/CPE)
We just received this from the folks at the Center for Popular Economics: If you have ever asked yourself... * Whats
Chris Dodd's Personal Bailout (Mother Jones)
Interesting article in Mother Jones about Chris Dodd. Today's NYTimes had an article on Dodd that was much
Workshops on the Crisis in Boston
A notice about a terrific popular economics workshop led by the fantastic Mike Prokosch of Community Labor United and United