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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

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

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