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Prisons: Pew on U.S., Monbiot on U.K.
Lots of prison news today. On the U.S. prison boom, a new study from the Pew Center on the
The Virtues of Concentration (Doug Henwood)
From Doug Henwood of Left Business Observer, responding to this op-ed from Saturday's Times. Relevant to our two
Revenge of the Glut (Krugman)
Today's column from Paul Krugman is quite helpful. The connection he draws at the end with the paradox
Lessons from Global Corporate Frauds
An interesting article by Jayati Ghosh that discusses "control fraud" in a global context, including work by former
Blame the Queen
Excellent piece from the Guardian about how heterodox approaches to economics were locked out in the UK (the same was
AIG Chalks Up Biggest Loss Ever, Gets $30B
From Reuters: AIG enters record books with $61.7 billion loss Mon Mar 2, 2009 8:44am ESTNEW YORK (Reuters)
TDCotE (vii): Dumb Animals
The Dull Compulsion if the Economic (vii) A series of posts by D&S collective member Larry Peterson Links:
California Unemployment Tops 10%
I wonder if it's still the world's fifth-largest economy now. And this surely means Friday'
Merkel Rejects Bailout for Eastern Europe
From The Wall Street Journal: MARCH 1, 2009, 10:54 A.M. ET Merkel Rejects Calls for EU Bailout of
AIG Follows Citi
AIG is expected to report horrific losses on Monday. Just in from Reuters : Exclusive: AIG near deal on new terms
Inquilinos atrapados en la pesadilla hipotecaria
Los organizadores comunitarios luchan por los inquilinos, quienes enfrentan desalojo por embargos hipotecarios.
Los Daños del Bloqueo … Para el Bloqueador
Un insólito análisis que reafirma el carácter absurdo del bloqueo de los Estados Unidos contra Cuba que ha hecho la