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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/).
What Drives the War on Drugs?
First it was the Dominican limo driver, who disappeared while driving a client upstate. When my husband extracted him from
Can Killing Government Prevent Special Interest Capture?
In my last post on meat markets and securities markets, I argued that competitive markets require government oversight to prevent
Europe Slumming, foreclosure rulings, etc.
(Click on the image above--it is from a very interesting exhibit from 2005.) (1) Europe Slumming It: Last month the
Seniors, Students, and Who "Creates Jobs"
(1) Seniors: Hat-tip to regular blog reader TM for alerting us to an op-ed by WashPo economics blah-blah-er Robert Samuelson
Blog is back up; Right targets NLRB
A quick post, now that the blog is back up. (Thanks to D&S subscriber and WordPress expert Shaun
New Issue; Bill Black on Le Show
(1) May/June issue in the mail: E-subscribers have received their May/June issue, and print subscribers should be receiving
Right-wing attacks labor studies
We were outraged to learn about the recent attack on our friend and colleague Judy Ancel, by the unscrupulously malignant
Dodd-Frank revisited
A headline in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had me wondering whether their proofreader had missed an extra comma: Wall
Last-Minute Tax-Day Actions
I always do my taxes at the last minute, so it's characteristic of me to be doing a
AP and USA Today Fall for GE Tax Repayment Hoax
Another hoax perpetrated by the Yes Men is going on right now in real time. Here's the fake
Friends with Benefits; Unpaid Work; Events; etc.
(1) Friends with Benefits: A nice and timely post from the Focal Point blog at Big Think (which is where
John Millerat US Uncut Protest; Jonathan Rowe
1. U.S. Uncut Teach-In John Miller, D&S collective member and columnist, participated in a recent US Uncut