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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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
Live-Blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt 1
This is the second in our book reviewer Steve Pressman's series of posts on Thomas Piketty's
A Prologomena to Any Future Reading of Piketty
We have remained silent on Piketty's book, partly because our reviewer, Steve Pressman, had promised to review it
May Day links
(1) The Maypole's Revolutionary Heritage: Seems like I'm always reading May Day pieces that carefully distinguish
The Roller Coaster Heads Down
Ask yourselves, Ronald Reagan asked the electorate in 1980, whether you are better off or worse off than you were