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Santa Needs Extended Benefits, Too

The October employment reports were released today, and the unemployment rate zoomed above 10%, to 10.2%, to be exact,

Brad DeLong on Productivity Growth and Kalecki

Here's a post from Brad DeLong's blog, with DeLong using lots of all-caps and some abbreviations

U2 Fans to MTV: 'Tear Down This Wall!'

A funny one from the Associated Press; hat-tip to Bryan S. Outrage over wall blocking free U2 Berlin concert By

Sit-in for Single-Payer in Pelosi's Office

Breaking news from the folks at the Mobilization for Health Care for All: CALL  PELOSI  NOW! (415) 556-4862  and  (202)

Bird and Fortune on Bonuses and Bailouts

An amusing video of Brit satirists John Bird and John Fortune giving their take on the financial crisis, from the

Save Me, Keynes!

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Recession

35th Anniversary Retrospective

Have the Rich Won?

Maybe not. A new approach to capping income at the top is starting to gain momentum.

That ’70s Crisis

What can the crisis of U.S. capitalism in the 1970s teach us about the current crisis and its possible outcomes?

Thirty-Five Years of Economic Indicators

For many years, the “Economy in Numbers” department provided current data on standard economic indicators: unemployment, wages, interest rates, and

Next Wave of Health-Care Sit-Ins

The Mobilization for Health Care for All had its latest big wave of sit-ins for single-payer on Wednesday (and this

Steelworkers Form Collaboration with Mondragon

A very interesting collaboration--hat-tip to Mary Hoyer. Steelworkers Form Collaboration with MONDRAGON, the World's Largest Worker-Owned Cooperative Pittsburgh