Archive for April, 2008
The Employment Road to Economic Recovery in Argentina
The announcement below is related to Ryan Dodd’s feature article in the current issue of D&S, A New WPA?, which addresses “employer of last resort” policies like Argentina’s Jefes de Hogar program. The Employment Road to Economic Recovery in Argentina A lecture by Daniel Kostzer (UNDP Buenos Aires, Argentina) Monday, April 7, 20084:15 PMMedia Resource ...Read more.
Peas in a Pod
This from Mike Allen’s Playbook at politico.com, via Doug Henwood at the Left Business Observer‘s lbo-talk: REPUBLICANS ARE JAZZED ABOUT the news from USA Today’s A4 that both Democratic presidential candidates “rely on close advisers who had oversight roles at financial institutions that went bust because of subprime loans. Clinton’s campaign manager, Maggie Williams, earned ...Read more.
The Collapsing Housing Bubble and Resulting Financial Fallout
This policy memo is from Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The Collapsing Housing Bubble and Resulting Financial Fallout In the decade from 1996 to 2006, the United States developed an enormous housing bubble that had no precedent in the country’s history. During this decade, house prices rose in excess of ...Read more.
20,000 Vietnamese Workers Go On Strike At Nike Contract Factory
From the Associated Press: HANOI, Vietnam: More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demanding higher pay to keep pace with skyrocketing prices, officials said Tuesday. Read more
