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2009 Management Guff (Lucy Kellaway)
I've started to look forward to Lucy Kellaway's (of the Financial Times) annual run-down on "
How Many People Are on Food Stamps?
A pop quiz: How many Americans are on food stamps? How many children in the United States are on food
Bringing Overpaid Executives to Heel
From today's LA Times. Hat-tip to Danny Postel. The cover story in our Nov/Dec issue, Have the
Pillaging Villains of the Financial Crisis
A review of It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Back-room Deals from Washington to Wall Street by Nomi Prins (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).
Get on That Scale!
Starting this year, North Carolina teachers and state employees will be subjected to health compliance testing to qualify for their
Empire and Entitlements
Dear Dr. Dollar: In his book Colossus (2004), Niall Ferguson argues that a major problem with Social Security and Medicare
Ponzi Collapses Nearly Quadrupled in '09 (AP)
From the Associated Press: Read the rest of the article.
Appeal to Our Blog Readers
Dear Regular Visitors to the D&S blog: If you read postings to the D&S blog via
$57,077.60, Surging by the Minute (Jo Comerford)
Tom Engelhart's last post of the year over at TomDispatch, is In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities: Why War Will
Krugman vs. Hudson on Samuelson
I was alerted by this post on Naked Capitalism to a back-and-forth between Paul Krugman and Michael Hudson on Paul