We Need a Care Package!
We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
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Haiti's Fault Lines: Made in the U.S.A.
The mainstream media got half the story right about Haiti. Reporters observed that Haiti's stark poverty intensified the
The Undeserving Rich
Collectively produced and inherited knowledge and the (re)distribution of income and wealth.
Why Not End Homelessness Now?
Here is the press release for the 13th annual Homelessness Marathon, an annual overnight radio broadcast on homelessness and poverty.
Greenspan Wins Dynamite Prize
From the folks at the Real-World Economics Review (formerly the Post-Autistic Economics Review); they initially called this the "Ignoble
Wall Street's Bailout Hustle (Matt Taibbi)
Matt Taibbi's latest at Rolling Stone; also check out a blog post by Taibbi in which he agrees
Top Firms Cause $2.2 Trillion in Eco-Damage (UN)
From the Guardian; hat-tip to Larry P. World's top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage, report estimates
Commercial Real Estate: 'Extend and Pretend'
I have been meaning to post this for a while--interesting post from the Financial Times' Money Supply blog: Subprime
Vancouver Olympics--At What Price?
For good alternative Olympics coverage, check out a three-part radio series entitled The Winter Olympics Comes to the Northwest...But
Kwak on Mankiw on the Deficit
From Baseline Scenario; hat-tip to LF. James Kwak and Simon Johnson have a new book, 13 Bankers: The Wall Street
What to Do About Housing Foreclosures?
Dollars & Sense and the Boston chapter of Democratic Socialists of America are co-sponsoring a forum on the housing foreclosure