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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More Bailout Bucks for Bank of America
The Reagan-era fairy tale about the "welfare queen in the Cadillac" has been firmly replaced by the very
Congress Moves on Stimulus and Bailout (NYT)
Posted recently to the New York Times website: By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Published: January 15, 2009 WASHINGTON—In two major
Privatization = Death
More evidence for the Shock Doctrine files: researchers for the Lancet have concluded that mass privatizations after the fall of
Call-In For Single Payer
Healthcare Now, an organization dedicated to promoting national health insurance, has dedicated today as a national call-in day for Single-Payer
At Least It's for a Good Cause...
Just in from Reuters: U.S. close to giving BofA billions more aid: report Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:25pm
Bank Turmoil Sinks Stocks (WSJ)
Just posted to the WSJ website. Citigroup's troubles register in the Dow; plus it sounds like Deutsche Bank
Retail Sales Dive (Reuters, again)
Another one from Reuters: By Lucia Mutikani | January 14, 11:01am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at retailers fell 2.7
Citi Breakup in Sight (Reuters)
This just in from Reuters; Robert Rubin's departure from Citigroup appears to have been a prelude to this.
A Delayed Report on ASSA (Arpita Banerjee)
Here is another report on the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, this one from D&S collective member and
Strapped States Rethink Prison Policy
From the Associated Press; hat-tip to Steven L. Robinson at lbo-talk. I have to say, we've heard this
More GM Loan Fine Print: UAW Can't Strike
Yesterday we reported that newly disclosed details of the Bush emergency loan to GM included clauses forcing the automaker to
Where the Money Is (Baker via Herbert)
Bob Herbert's column today is on the financial transaction tax proposed by Dean Baker, among others. You can