D&S BLOG
These posts are from the D&S Blog, which we mostly stopped posting to a few years ago. Visit our new blog Left Hook Economics (https://www.dollarsandsense.org/tag/left-hook-economics/).
Bill Black: Myerson's Ode to Crony Capitalism
This is the fifth installment in my series of article about the predictive and policy failures of Roger Myerson, Nobel
Polly Cleveland: It Takes Government to Create Markets
When the US Army blasted into Baghdad in 2003, expelling Saddam’s Baathist regime, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expected “free
Links and Updates
(1) Coming soon--Interview with Bob Pollin: Today's image is a lovely drawing of Polish macroeconomist Michal Kalecki, by
Bill Black: Taxing Poor Workers to Subsidize Rich Bankers
.The latest from Bill Black, professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, former banking
NSA, Greenwald, Snowden
. (1) Watch the interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, by journalist (not mere "blogger," NYT!) and filmmaker Laura
Links and Upcoming Articles
(1) Wall Street Real Estate Buying Spree: You heard it from us first in our March/April cover story by
Ron Baiman: China's State Capitalism Trumps Neo-Liberal Capitalism
China's Expanding Empire: State Capitalism Trumps Neo-Liberal Capitalism If you didn't catch this opinion piece by
Left Forum 2013, June 7-9, NYC
Left Form 2013: We hope lots of people go to this year's Left Forum, now being held in
Baiman on Apple; Black on Money Laundering; etc.
(1) Greece and the Crisis of Europe: Which Way Out? We're happy to have just posted to our
IRS, Foreclosures, etc.
(1) David Cay Johnston on IRS "Scandal": There was a very good Salon.com piece about this, The
Grover Norquist is Right to Oppose Internet Sales Taxes
When I visited my brother in London a few years back, I toted a suitcase packed with tennis balls. I
Pollin, Gini, Retro, Ferguson, etc.
Ok, here's what's been on the back burner; no image today because I am posting three