Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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The Yes Men and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Some of us are going to the Yes Men's new movie, The Yes Men Change the World, tomorrow
Pensions: The Next Casualty of Wall Street
From Mark Brenner at Labor Notes: Pensions: The Next Casualty of Wall Street By Mark Brenner Nobody wants to admit
Pay Czar's Ruling on Compensation
The Wall Street Journal, and (scroll down) Naked Capitalism, on compensation czar Kenneth Feinberg's ruling on executive pay
Civil Rights Movement for the Middle Class
A guest post on Naked Capitalism. Hat-tip to Ben C. A New Civil Rights Movement is Afoot for the Middle
Cashing in the War Dividend (Jo Comerford)
TomDispatch has a new piece by Jo Comerford, director of the National Priorities Project. See below for Tom's
Open Letter on Military Offensive in Central India
We encourage readers of D&S and the D&S blog to consider signing the following open letter.
Homeownership Not All It's Cracked Up to Be?
An economist at the Wharton School just released a study looking at the ancillary individual and community benefits that supposedly
CEOs of the World ... UNITE!
A little ideological confusion at the Wall Street Journal's front page article on Ken Lewis having to forgo
Several Items on Banking Regulation
Several interesting items about financial (re-)regulation, and the unlikelihood of anything approaching adequate regulation getting through Congress, have come
Elinor Ostrom breaks the Nobel mold
From Kevin Gallagher, of Tufts' Global Development and the Environment Institute, in the Guardian. For thoughts on this year&
Sit-In for Single Payer THURS OCT 15th
A coalition called the Mobilization for Health Care for All will be holding sit-ins THURSDAY, OCT 15th at insurance company