We Need a Care Package!
We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
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Elderly NYers Angry as Crisis Hits Poorest
More from Reuters; hat-tip to Bob F. More mentions of Madoff. A sweet picture accompanies this article, too. You can
Stanford Financial Charged with 'Massive' Fraud
From Reuters. There is a Madoff link: "Stanford's investment companies were exposed to losses from the alleged
Scared of Solar Power?
Today's Wall Street Journal has an uplifting -- and yet disturbing -- article on a training program for
Julian Delasantellis on Stress Testing
The witty Delasantellis offers his thoughts. Nice to read in conjuction with our post on Bill Black today: Perhaps a
Weakness Unmatched in 35 Years
This is from the Liscio Report. As John Maudlin explains at The Big Picture, "One of the best gauges
Bill Black on 'Stress Tests' (Yves Smith)
Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism interviews Bill Black, who wrote this article for Dollars & Sense for our Nov/Dec
Strange Stirrings in Forex Markets
From Red Alert site, courtesy of Yves Smith. It may be related to Eastern Europe. Scary stuff.... I do not
Were All the WPA Workers Still 'Unemployed'?
In recent interviews, James Galbraith has been pointing to an odd twist in New Deal revisionism. Apparently, those economists who
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (iv)
Links: (1) I forgot to post this New York Times piece yesterday: Do We Need a New Internet? (2) Yesterday
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (iii)
Links only today; there's lots of stuff out there, and I have a headache anyway: (1) Some people
Global Growth Is At Virtual Halt
From the International Herald Tribune Read the rest of the story here.