What’s Crypto Good For? Corruption, Exploitation, and Billions for Insiders
As with the subprime lending crisis, crypto appears to be more of an example of predatory inclusion than enhancing financial access.
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The Truth about the Public Option (Robert Reich)
From The Real News Network: Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains what a public option for healthcare coverage really means
T.D.C.o.t.E: The Mendacity of Hope
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (xvii) A series of blog postings by D&S collective member Larry Peterson
Baucus's Public Option
Yes, here it is (thanks to Emptywheel for bringing it to our attention): Health Insurance Exchange. This is from “Call
Whole Foods and Health Care
John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods (or as we call it here in Boston, Whole Paycheck), wrote a hide-bound
Anti-Union Campaigns from the Right
We received this from former D&S editor Abby Scher. Abby is currently editor of The Public Eye, a
Life Insurance Securitization
Is Obama planning to kill grandma? Probably not, unless grandma is Afghani or Pakistani, and the murder weapon is an
Labor Day Ironies
From Logos: a journal of modern society & culture; hat-tip to Danny Postel of Interfaith Worker Justice. Labor Day Ironies
T.D.C.o.t.E: An Ugly Scene
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (xvi) A series of blog postings by D&S collective member Larry Peterson
Main Obama Advisor: Public Option Negotiable
From Boston.com; the resignation of Obama green industry adviser over upsetting right-wing sensitivities does not bode well, either, for
Resistance to Tourism
This Observer piece documents how affected communities are resisting tourist encroachments. Tourism--using the term loosely, by collapsing several related industries
Mike Davis on Elites and New Forms of Struggle
From his Znet page: Why We Need Rebels September 06, 2009 By Mike Davis Source: Socialist Worker Mike Davis'
Good Piece on Deficiencies of Public Option
From MRZine, by Andy Coates. Mentions precedents in Maine and Massachusetts, and what's wrong with them, besides reminding