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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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
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
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