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/).
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 abbreviations
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 By
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 (202)
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
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 (and this
Steelworkers Form Collaboration with Mondragon
A very interesting collaboration--hat-tip to Mary Hoyer. Steelworkers Form Collaboration with MONDRAGON, the World's Largest Worker-Owned Cooperative Pittsburgh
The Yes Men and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Some of us are going to the Yes Men's new movie, The Yes Men Change the World, tomorrow
Pensions: The Next Casualty of Wall Street
From Mark Brenner at Labor Notes: Pensions: The Next Casualty of Wall Street By Mark Brenner Nobody wants to admit
Pay Czar's Ruling on Compensation
The Wall Street Journal, and (scroll down) Naked Capitalism, on compensation czar Kenneth Feinberg's ruling on executive pay
Civil Rights Movement for the Middle Class
A guest post on Naked Capitalism. Hat-tip to Ben C. A New Civil Rights Movement is Afoot for the Middle