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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Rakoff on "Willful Blindness" and other links
This and that before I leave town. (1) Judge Rakoff Excoriates Justice Dept. on Failure to Prosecute Banksters: * Jed S.
Illinois’s New Class-Based Pension Math
Having boxed themselves into a political dead-end by adopting the austerity agenda of the business community as represented by
Detroit Bankruptcy and Pensions
I just posted a piece Katherine Sciacchitano wrote for us about pensions and Detroit's bankruptcy, The Pension-Busters&
New Issue! Plus links.
(1) New Issue! Our November/December 2013 issue is finally done (sent to the printers and to e-subscribers, anyhow)
Will the Chilean People Save the U.S. by Electing Michelle Bachelet?
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
The Department of Justice’s Willful Blindness to the Willful Blindness of CEOs
.Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. The best thing that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could do immediately to restore
The U.S. Attorney Who Prosecutes JPMorgan Will Be Its First Witness
.Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives.. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California is Benjamin Wagner. From
What If Chained CPI Had Been Used to Calculate COLAs Since 2002?
(I have been meaning to post Lou Reed's "Strawman." My favorite line: "Does anybody need
Crooks, Liars, Idiots, and Plutocrats
Economic historian Carlo Cipolla famously noted that human beings fall into four basic categories: the martyr who takes an action
Vice Versa: Inequality and Our Economic Problems
... President Obama and his supporters have been talking about “an economy that grows from the middle out.” ...The key causal