When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
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Change Wall Street can believe in (Holly Sklar)
Hat-tip to Mike P. By Holly Sklar Distributed by McClatchy Tribune News Service, 11/6/09 Copyright 2009 Holly
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
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
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
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