Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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/).
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Companies Suspending 401(k) Contributions
From the Financial Times, March 11 (hat-tip to The Automatic Earth). The article notes that the median size of a
Foreclosure Crisis Far from Over
Hat-tip to The Automatic Earth blog for this tidbit, from a recent investment fund memo. Although a majority of subprime
Sen. Webb's Prison Commission
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/28/webb/ plus other stuff.
WE20--The People's G20
A press release; hat-tip to Abby S. WE20 - THE PEOPLE'S G20 we20, the people's answer
Latin America's Reaction to the Crisis
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) has put out a nice summary of the various responses by Latin American governments
Two Items on Guadeloupe General Strike
Two items on the recent massive general strike in Guadeloupe. First, from Friday's Democracy Now!: Labor Victory in
Mike Davis on Socialism on Bill Moyers
From the folks at SolidarityEconomy.net. Video is probably available somewhere, too. Bill Moyers Talks with Mike Davis on the
The G20 Summit and Unions
From a blog I think I hadn't seen before (hat-tip to LF), Labor Is Not a Commodity. I
Trust Your Guts (Greider)
Joe Nocera likes Geithner's new plan. William Greider, not so much. Here is an excerpt from his recent
Obama vs. Cuomo on Bank Investigations
From Bloomberg: Obama Backs Banks, Seeks to Block Fair-Lending Probe By Greg Stohr March 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration&
Single-Payer Updates
First, we noticed this excellent webpage, with links and resources on single-payer, from Physicians for a National Health Care Program.
New Home Sales Fell In February, Not Rose
From Barry Ritholtz in the RGE Monitor: WSJ: Sales of new homes rose in February for the first time in