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We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
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The Ignoble Prize for Economics
The Real-World Economics Review (formerly the Post-Autistic Economics Review), has opened voting for what they are calling the Ignoble Prize
Move Your Money? (Doug Henwood)
Hat-tip to reader Michael E. for pointing us to the lead story in the January issue of Left Business Observer
Move Your Money
This is from the Feb. 1st issue of The Nation; here's the link to the Move Your Money
'New Haiti'; Same Corporate Interests
Terrific article by Isabel MacDonald, at the Nation. By Isabel MacDonald | January 29, 2010 In the wake of the earthquake
4Q GDP Up 5.7%, Wages/Benes At Record Low
Brad DeLong thinks that the GDP reading suggests that next week's productivity numbers will be around 7%, adding
Root Canals, Rhetoric, or Real Reform?
This is from Bankster; hat-tip to comrade Steve S. of United for a Fair Economy. We are glad someone else
Labor Needs a New Survival Plan (Steve Early)
From today's Boston Globe, by frequent D&S contributor Steve Early: REPUBLICAN SCOTT Brown's Senate
Tony Blair To Face Iraq Inquiry Tomorrow
Former British PM Tony Blair is set to face a House of Commons inquiry tomorrow concerning the legality of the
Scurrilous Videos Besmirch Davos Forum
From the hilarious Yes Men. Coincidence: the last time I saw Howard Zinn was at a screening of their film
Howard Zinn
It is a sad day. As you have probably heard, left historian Howard Zinn, author of A People's
AIG and the Hindered Haircut
Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, and Henry Paulson (remember him?) are being grilled today on Capitol Hill as part of investigations
Our Wars Are Killing Us (Tom Engelhardt)
The latest from TomDispatch is about military spending--quite timely given the spending freeze--except "security-related" spending--that B.O. will