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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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
A second Great Depression is still possible
From occasional D&S author Thomas Palley, in the Financial Times' Economists' Forum. October 11, 2009 4:
A Note on the Nobel Awards
The Nobel Prize for economics was awarded today to a pair of American professors, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. Besides
Calderon Busts Mexican Electrical Workers Union
From Laura Carlsen on the Americas Program blog: Read Carlsen’s full post here. And check out Reuters’ very objective
Two Items on Foreclosures
The New York Times business section has an interesting article about the limited success of the "Making Home Affordable
Memo to Investigators: Dig Deep (Greider)
From The Nation, posted to their website yesterday. For more on the Pecora hearings, check out this NYT op-ed
The IMF and the World Bank in Istanbul
From Monday's Guardian. Keep your eye out for an article in our Nov/Dec issue, Putting the "
The War in Afghanistan, Eight Years On
It is hard to believe that the war in Afghanistan is eight years old. I remember vividly the day it
The Demise of the Dollar (Robert Fisk)
An article by Robert Fisk in today's Independent is creating a bit of a stir. Fisk alleges that
Buyouts, Bankruptcy, and Bonuses
Today's New York Times has two terrific articles about the profits that were made, and the damage done,
Follow the Money (Matt Bivens)
The latest from TomDispatch, starting with Tom Engelhardt's intro: Pox Americana With up to 61% of Americans, according