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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A Nightmare on Maple Street
Prime Minister Stephen Harper struggles to slay the specters haunting Canada's oil sands.
The Keynesian Stimulus Spending Fallacy
It’s a truism of pop Keynesian economics that consumer spending drives the economy; if spending slows in a recession,
Public-Private Partnerships (P3); misc.
(1) This post's image: Some elegant and amusing culture-jamming on an iPod ad on a NYC bus
Nov/Dec Editorial Note, Adidas and Sweatshops, Co-opoly, etc.
(1) Nov/Dec Issue:We're still trying to get back on schedule with the magazine; we didn'
Capturing the Multinational Dragons’ Gold
As medieval dragons do, the dragon in the Beowulf epic sleeps on a pile of gold. With magic sword and
Marvin Miller and the Reserve Clause
Marvin Miller died on November 27, at the age of 95. While Miller worked for several major unions, and rose
Pity the Poor Child Molester
Imagine that you woke up one day and found, not that you had turned into a giant cockroach, but that
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