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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Robert Pollin: Beyond Debt and Growth
Our July/August issue is almost out; we will be sending out the electronic version to e-subscribers early next
NYT Sneers at MMT, etc.
This one is for the demise of (part of) DOMA; hat-tip to Patrick C. (New Hope Church is an
Collapsing Investment and the Great Recession
Investment in real inputs--structures and machinery used to boost future output and productivity--is one of the ways that
Pursuing Profits--or Power?
Do corporations seek to maximize profits? Or do they seek to maximize power? The two may be complementary--wealth begets
Black-White Income Differences: What’s Happened?
Dear Dr. Dollar: There is a great deal of awareness of the general increase of income inequality in the United
Links and Updates
Today I will do things in twos: (1) Two new articles: * Banking on the Public, by Abby Scher, a report-
Ron Baiman on Krugman, Galbraith, and Varoufakis
.The latest from Ron Baiman of the Chicago Political Economy Group. The piece from James Galbraith and Yanis Varoufakis he
Bill Black: Heritage, Ecuador, and Correa
.The latest from Bill Black. His latest and final installment on econ Nobel laureate Roger Meyerson, The Game Theoretical CEO:
Bill Black: Myerson's Ode to Crony Capitalism
This is the fifth installment in my series of article about the predictive and policy failures of Roger Myerson, Nobel
Polly Cleveland: It Takes Government to Create Markets
When the US Army blasted into Baghdad in 2003, expelling Saddam’s Baathist regime, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expected “free