The Costs of the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” ushers in a “New Special Period.”
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Nation Institute Panel on Crisis Tonight in NYC
Meltdown: The Economic Collapse and a People's Plan for Recovery A Free Panel Discussion Join Joseph Stiglitz, Barbara
Job Bytes, March 6 (Dean Baker)
Hat-tip to reader Panayiotis M. for reminding us about Dean Baker's weekly employment notes, available here (and
Confusion, Tunneling, and Looting
Interesting post from the blog Baseline Scenario. Emerging market crises are marked by an increase in tunneling—i.e., borderline
Blue-Green Insurgency
This is by Carl Davidson, at the excellent website SolidarityEconomy.net. Blue-Green Insurgency Gets Fired Up at the DC
Black Male Jobless Rate: 16.1% in February
From Bob Feldman; includes key excerpts from today's BLS report. Black Male Worker Jobless Rate: 16.1 Percent
Feb. Unemployment tops 8%...
...and December's figure revised, making it the worst reading since 1949. From Reuters: U.S. February payrolls fall
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Via Corbin Hair at The Nation: In this interview with Robert Johnson, the former chief economist for the Senate Banking
Can My Boss Do That?
We received a press release from the good folks at Interfaith Worker Justice in Chicago. They had a conference call
Unemployment (Including Closures and Layoffs)
Two more unemployment items: * The unemployment rate in our fair commonwealth, Massachusetts, went over 7% for the first time in
Citi and GM Deathwatch
Citibank has now joined the ranks of the penny stocks. In 2006 the stock was trading at $55.70 and
Two Items on the Employee Free Choice Act
Economist Dani Rodrik had this nice post on his blog last week: What do Philippe Aghion and Dean Baker have
WSJ and Hightower on Wall Street Compensation
The bonuses and compensation at Merrill Lynch are front-page news in today's Wall Street Journal; here'