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/).
Extra! on Inequality; ICE at Gulf Spill
Two more items: (1) The current issue of Extra!, the magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, is about inequality,
Several Items on Banking Reform
Some items on banking reform, which is still in reconciliation: According to the Wall Street Journal and other outlets, Democrats
Several items on BP Spill
Multiple apologies again for the skimpy posting lately--things have been busy here at the D&S office. I hope
Banking Reform, Blowouts, Plumes, etc.
A few items (apologies again for so few posts lately--the energy I'd be putting into posting has gone
D&S Author on Greece on Counterspin
Counterspin, the excellent radio edition of Extra!, the excellent left media criticism magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
*New* Post--Various Items
Now that I have at least a temporary fully functioning blog to use, I can post several items that have
Several Items on Arizona
Today's New York Times has an interesting article about generational differences in attitudes toward immigration and immigration reform.
Repost (May 11): Derivatives and Food Security
Bernie Sanders' provision requiring an audit of the Fed (see our May 3 post, Audit the Fed) appears to
Repost (May 7): Various Items
(1) About today's BLS unemployment report: As you have probably heard, the U.S. economy added 290,000
Repost (May 3): Audit the Fed
Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed an amendment to the financial reform bill that would allow the Fed to be audited.
Charter Cities
An NPR interview with Stanford economist Paul Romer today caught my ear. He was talking about his “charter cities” project.
Can Invading a Small Third-World Country Stimulate the Economy?
Reviewing Reinhart and Rogoff's This Time is Different in the May 13 issue of the NY Review of