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Jobs Report, Murdoch and Unions, etc.

(1) BLS July Jobs Report: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Situation Summary today, and it is pretty

Satan Sandwich; Boeing; Meteorologists

(1) Debt Deal as a "Satan Sandwich": As Vishay Prashad reports in a good article on the debt

Debt Ceiling, Prisoners, Norway, etc.

(1) Fortress Europe and Europeans Against Multiculturalism: A couple of links relevant to the atrocious attack last Friday in Norway,

Weisbrot and Epitropoulos on Greece

A Call from Mike-Frank Epitropoulos: Mike Epitropoulos, author of Greece as a Demonstration Project (Dollars & Sense, May/June

Murdoch, Gang of Six, etc.

(1) Laffer's Latest Curve-ball: Subscriber Kris W. alerted us that the dumb op-ed Arthur Laffer co-

Purloined Trillions, etc.

(1) Thanks! It looks like we got a bunch of orders and donations after my last blog post (Shameless Plugs)

Shameless Plugs

(1) Cover Article All Over the Internets: The news aggregators have been going to town with the cover article for

New Issue! Plus, various items

(1) Our July/August issue is out! E-subscribers got their copies yesterday, and print copies have been shipped to

Failing to Make the Grade

A review of Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting our Money and Failing our Kids—And What We Can Do About It by Andrew Hacker & Claudia Dreifus (New York: Time Books, 2010).

How Democracy Works

From Public Meat Markets to Derivatives Markets

A Lesson from Old New York

Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less?

Why only a single-payer system can solve America’s health-care mess.