The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
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Taming the Corporate Beast
Even business leaders are now calling for corporate reform, but most of the measures on offer are little more than cosmetic.
Report on Working Families Summit, Plus One More Link
(1) Tim Koechlin, "Inequality and the Case for Unions." In my Monday Links post, I meant to include
Monday Links
(1) Bill Barclay: Reproduction, Production, and the Gender Division of Labor. An excellent piece by Bill Barclay of the Chicago
The Mouse That Wouldn't Die: How a Lack of Public Funding Holds Back a Promising Cancer Treatment
Spring 1999. “Professor Cui, this mouse didn’t get cancer. Should I get rid of him?” It was a standard
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. IV
To summarize the argument of Capital thus far, Piketty has found that over long stretches of time and in many
After the Vote: Results of the European Parliament Elections
Above--an image from Wilders' Best Friends Forever, which makes posters displaying reactionary and/or racist quotations from people
Live-Blogging Piketty: An Interlude (Response to Chris Giles)
Should We Count Out Piketty Due to Sum Math Errors? While I am here in Paris reading Capital in the
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. III
Chris Giles and Ferdinando Giugliano raised some concerns about Thomas Piketty's data in yesterday's Financial Times.
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. II
Capital in the Twenty-First Century Part II Part II of Capital in the Twenty-First Century focuses on the
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading the Book (Pt. 1)
More at The Real News Above is a half-hour-long video from The Real News Network of an interview
Live-Blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 3
My last post summarized the positive reviews of Piketty and focused on some of the best of these. This post
Live-blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 2
This is the third of our book reviewer Steve Pressman's live-blogging posts on Thomas Piketty's