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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The Economics of War
We get deluged with press releases, most of which we ignore (since the senders usually assume that we are a
The Wealth Gap Gets Wider
From Meizhu Lui, former executive director of United for a Fair Economy (our next-door neighbors and partners in various
Market Up Krugman Down
The Dow Jones Industrials soared nearly 500 points today (about 6%) on news of the Geithner plan to buy up
Foreign Firms Want Piece of Stimulus Pie
With Congress doling out $787 billion in stimulus money, foreign firms figure that no one will mind if they get
US Still #1 In Military Spending
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as reported in the Economist, the U.S. spent more in 2007
Obama Plans To Avoid Repeat of Crisis
From Bloomberg: Obama to Outline Regulation Changes to Avoid Repeat of Crisis By Hans Nichols March 22 (Bloomberg) The Obama
Proposed Plan To Deal With Toxic Assets
From The Wall Street Journal: MARCH 21, 2009 U.S. Sets Plan for Toxic Assets Wall Street Journal By DEBORAH
RBoS To Become UK's Enron?
From The Observer: RBS faces probe over 'threats' to directors Peer's criminal inquiry warning on bank
The People's Agenda (NYC event)
Linda Pinkow and I (Chris Sturr) have been out in Amherst, Mass. for the Forum on the Solidarity Economy, which
The Virtues of Public Anger, and Need for More
Great piece by Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com; hat-tip to Ben C. Ben wrote me: "This article is
Krugman: The Zombies Have Won
Geithner's plan has been announced. Late on a Friday when nobody will notice, right? Never a good sign.