Archive for February, 2008
D&S Columnist John Miller on the Air
On February 16th, John Miller—economist, D&S collective member, and author of our regular column “Up Against the Wall Street Journal“—was a guest on the news program This Is Hell, broadcast on Saturday mornings on WNUR (89.3 FM) in Chicago. Besides discussing the current economic downturn and answering questions about his latest D&S feature article, Stormier ...Read more.
Comcast Blocks Public Debate at FCC Hearing
This just in from the folks at SavetheInternet.com (about the forum on net neutrality we announced in this earlier posting): WASHINGTON — Comcast has admitted hiring people to fill up the limited number of seats at yesterday’s Federal Communications Commission hearing at Harvard. More than 100 people were turned away when the event reached capacity. ...Read more.
Upcoming Event on Colombia and SPP
Our last posting announced an event to be held tomorrow (Feb. 27th) on the assasination of Colombian labor activists. Here’s the info again in case you missed it: Luciano Vasquez, Director General of the Escuela Nacional Sindical, will address these issues at a Global Policy Network forum on Wednesday, February 27th. Click here for further ...Read more.
Murders of trade unionists go unpunished in Colombia
This from an Economic Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute is by Tony Avirgan: Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists. Over the past 21 years, more than 2,534 unionists have been assassinated. (The Escuela Nacional Sindical has documented 2,534 assassinations but says there are surely more that have not ...Read more.
Washington's Double Standard
An editorial by Eduardo Porter in yesterday’s New York Times points out the double standard in the U.S. government’s response to the current financial crisis, vs. the remedies it has supported for the rest of the world: “Could this be the same United States that backed the International Monetary Fund’s get-tough strategy during the emerging-market ...Read more.
The Three Trillion Dollar War
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes have updated their estimate of the costs to the United States (direct and indirect) of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, in an article in yesterday’s Times of London. We reported on an early version of their original findings in our Economy in Numbers column in the July/August 2006 issue ...Read more.
A Cartoon Sub-Prime Primer
A very funny cartoon introduction to the mortgage meltdown here. Just click on the forward arrow to see the slide show.
McCain in Bed with Lobbyists; Taxpayers Get Screwed
Today’s New York Times quotes D&S author Bill Black, in the article critical of Sen. John McCain that is raising such a ruckus among the political commentariat—especially among the right-wing types who had been so down on McCain until recently. Black was deputy director of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation when McCain, along ...Read more.
Comcast in the Hot Seat at FCC Internet Hearing
Legal scholars, technology experts, entrepreneurs make the case for an open Internet CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On Monday, Comcast will be scrutinized by the Federal Communications Commission at a public hearing about the policies that will shape the future of the Internet. The Cambridge event will feature testimony from legal scholars, technology experts, entrepreneurs and industry ...Read more.
Homeless take to the airwaves tonight
The 11th Annual Homelessness Marathon, a 14-hour national radio dialogue on poverty and housing in the US, will take place Wednesday night to Thursday morning, February 20-21. Originating this year in Nashville, the Marathon is a live, outdoor, broadcasting event featuring homeless people, advocates for the homeless and call-ins from the public. A broadcast booth ...Read more.
