Archive for July, 2007
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (#5)
A series of blog entries by D&S collective member Larry Peterson. Note: After a month of (utterly futile) job-searching, I am ready to resume my blog responsibilities. As usual, I am going to be aiming for one 700-1,000 word entry a week. The stock market sell-offs in all the major markets of last week appear ...Read more.
The Bloodless Revolution, part 2 of 2: a Review of Peter Barnes' Capitalism 3.0
The Bloodless Revolution, part 2 of 2: a Review of Peter Barnes’ Capitalism 3.0 [See part one here] By Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, CPE Staff Economist An Econ-Utopia, brought to you by the Center for Popular Economics. It’s worth remembering that commons already exist, lots of them, in various places and parts of the world’s economies. Most ...Read more.
Econ-Utopia: The Bloodless Revolution, part 1 of 2: A review of Peter Barnes' CAPITALISM 3.0
Econ-Utopia: The Bloodless Revolution, part 1 of 2: A review of Peter Barnes’ CAPITALISM 3.0by Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, CPE Staff Economist An Econ-Utopia, brought to you by the Center for Popular Economics. A few weeks ago, CPE Staff Economist Jerry Friedman wrote an Econ-Atrocity reviewing Bill McKibben’s new book, Deep Economy. Though he says McKibben “has ...Read more.
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (#4)
A series of blog entries by D&S collective member Larry Peterson. Note: I am currently experiencing some job dislocation, and, being right smack in the middle of the resume-writing, job-searching roller coaster ride, am unable to compose these entries as regularly as I would like. I’m posting an unpublished piece I did last October, which ...Read more.
Challenging Coke's thirst for water: The Apizaco story
By Marie Kennedy and Chris TillyJune 28th, 2007 This is the fourth in a series of posts by D&S comrades Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly, who are spending six months in Tlaxcala in central Mexico. Their first posting was about the recent increases in the price of tortillas in Mexico. Photo captions: (1) Javier, a ...Read more.
The Battle of the Horns of Hattin
July 4, 1187. Two knights stood on the ridge watching the rising sun glint off Lake Tiberias. They were hopelessly trapped, the treacherous old rogue, Raynald de Chatillon and his foolish young protégé, Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. Below, between them and the water, lay the fortress of Tiberias and the army of Saladin. ...Read more.
