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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Fiscal Cliff and Grand Bargain (aka Grand Betrayal)
(1) "Don't Drive Off the Fiscal Cliff": I just posted Heidi Garrett-Peltier's comment
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times published an editorial arguing--contrary to the myth being promulgated by
Prisoner Disenfranchisement and the Election
From our friends at the Prison Policy Initiative, this great infographic about how felony disenfranchisement could affect the presidential election.
The Big Lie About the "Entitlement State"
In 1960, government transfers to individuals totaled $24 billion. By 2010, that total was 100 times as large. Even after
Structural Adjustment, Here and There
Dear Dr. Dollar: What are the similarities and differences between structural adjustment in the rest of the world/Third World and structural adjustment in the United States? --Vicki Legion, San Francisco, Calif.
Highway Robbery
In 1995, California granted a private company the right to construct express toll lanes along the State Route 91 freeway
"Free-Market" Outcomes Are Not Fair--and Not Free
"Since 1980, the U.S. government has reduced its intervention in the U.S. economy, which has become much
Yves Smith on The Finance-led Counterrevolution and the Rush to Destroy the Safety Net
Yves Smith has said it better than I could in her blog, Naked Capitalism: “My sense is that the widespread
Grapes of Wrath, Indeed.
In last week’s New York Times Magazine, columnist Chuck Klosterman (“The Ethicist”) answered a reader question that started out
Can't take the Reds out of the Red Line
This picture is from the Red Line (one of the lines in the Boston area subway system, known as the
Homelessness Marathon, this Sunday, 10am-5pm
We received this email from our friend Jeremy Alderson, founder and host of an excellent annual radio program, the Homelessness
Screenings of Co-op documentary Shift Change; misc.
(1) Shiftchange: Via our former book editor, Dan Fireside (now at Equal Exchange) and others, a new documentary about worker-