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 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.
Drugs Companies and Research Publications
The Guardian had another important piece on the industry in today's edition. Here's the context: The
GlaxoSmithKline in Major Reversal on Drugs
This is big news. Not sure about the motivations or strategy, but it may have a huge effect on the
The Ultimate Growth Industry (Nancy Folbre)
UMass-Amherst econ prof Nancy Folbre was a guest economist on the New York Times's Economix blog yesterday.
Closures and Layoffs (Feb. 8-14)
The latest from Mark Heschmeyer at CoStar Group. A Weekly Report on Future Corporate Downsizings By Mark Heschmeyer | February 11,
Looting Social Security
From The Nation, by sometime-D&S author William Greider: By William Greider | February 11, 2009 Governing elites in
WSJ Fires Researchers
The Wall Street Journal has given notice to its in-house library/research staff that they are being let go.
Companies Fighting Unemployment Claims
From the Washington Post: Out of Work and Challenged on Benefits, Too In Record Numbers, Employers Move to Block Unemployment
Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Film
Rick Wolff, professor of economics at UMass-Amherst and author of Capitalism Hits the Fan, which ran in our November/
China to stick with US bonds (FT)
From yesterday's Financial Times; hat-tip to Larry P. for this. The money quote is from Luo Ping,
Employee Free Choice Act Info Page
The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) has put together an excellent resource page on the Employee Free Choice Act. The