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Yesterday the House and Senate passed budget bills with no Republican votes whatsoever. Yet even without the GOP the bill passed the House with the biggest majority for a budget in 12 years. Carl Hulse...
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Joe Conason has written some good articles at Salon lately, but Conason’s most recent article actually made me cry. Like most of their continental neighbors, the nations of the north [i.e., north...
View ArticleLeaving 20th Century Economics Behind
Eric Hobsbawm writes in The Guardian about the economic realities of the 21st century. The 20th century is well behind us, but we have not yet learned to live in the 21st, or at least to think in a way...
View ArticleThe Big Tea(se)
Andrew Sullivan points out that the astroturf “tea parties” being organized and promoted mostly on Faux Nooz don’t seem to have a coherent purpose. They’re tea tantrums, not parties, he says. What are...
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Paul Krugman writes in his column today that Ireland appears to be sinking into a genuine depression And he says the rest of the world could follow. … to satisfy nervous lenders, Ireland is being...
View ArticleSome People Still Got Some Learnin’ to Do
Here are a couple of articles that ought to be read together. Paul Krugman points to an article in yesterday’s New York Times (no link provided, sorry; if you know what article he’s talking about, let...
View ArticlePity the Poor Hedge Fund!
This follows up the last post, on “Why Is There an Economy?” A blogger named Corky Boyd is outraged that the Obama White House is strong-arming business. Yesterday (May 1) on Detroit’s Frank Beckman’s...
View ArticleJuxtapositions; or Kindle to the Rescue
The latest word on the possible Boston Globe closedown is that the Union blinked. The Globe will stay in business, for now. Full disclosure: The Boston Globe is owned by the New York Times Company, as...
View ArticleUpdate on the Noble Hedge Fund Managers
They’re standing up for the rule of law and the Constitution. I’m touched. Or somebody’s touched. Tweet
View ArticleSystem Failures
Robert Pear writes in the New York Times that the recession is draining Social Security and Medicare of funds faster than expected. If current trends continue, Medicare will be out of money by 2017 and...
View ArticleStupid, Greedy, and/or Delusional
Yesterday the House and Senate passed budget bills with no Republican votes whatsoever. Yet even without the GOP the bill passed the House with the biggest majority for a budget in 12 years. Carl Hulse...
View ArticleWho’s Sorry Now?
Joe Conason has written some good articles at Salon lately, but Conason’s most recent article actually made me cry. Like most of their continental neighbors, the nations of the north [i.e., north...
View ArticleLeaving 20th Century Economics Behind
Eric Hobsbawm writes in The Guardian about the economic realities of the 21st century. The 20th century is well behind us, but we have not yet learned to live in the 21st, or at least to think in a way...
View ArticleThe Big Tea(se)
Andrew Sullivan points out that the astroturf “tea parties” being organized and promoted mostly on Faux Nooz don’t seem to have a coherent purpose. They’re tea tantrums, not parties, he says. What are...
View ArticleSigns of the Times
Paul Krugman writes in his column today that Ireland appears to be sinking into a genuine depression And he says the rest of the world could follow. … to satisfy nervous lenders, Ireland is being...
View ArticleSome People Still Got Some Learnin’ to Do
Here are a couple of articles that ought to be read together. Paul Krugman points to an article in yesterday’s New York Times (no link provided, sorry; if you know what article he’s talking about, let...
View ArticlePity the Poor Hedge Fund!
This follows up the last post, on “Why Is There an Economy?” A blogger named Corky Boyd is outraged that the Obama White House is strong-arming business. Yesterday (May 1) on Detroitâ€s Frank...
View ArticleJuxtapositions; or Kindle to the Rescue
The latest word on the possible Boston Globe closedown is that the Union blinked. The Globe will stay in business, for now. Full disclosure: The Boston Globe is owned by the New York Times Company, as...
View ArticleUpdate on the Noble Hedge Fund Managers
They’re standing up for the rule of law and the Constitution. I’m touched. Or somebody’s touched.
View ArticleSystem Failures
Robert Pear writes in the New York Times that the recession is draining Social Security and Medicare of funds faster than expected. If current trends continue, Medicare will be out of money by 2017 and...
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