Archive for June, 2010
Banking Reform Inching Forward (or Backward?)
The dust is slowly settling on the reconciled version of the banking reform bill, as we find out what deals have been made, what provisions were and were not gutted, what moderates were appeased, etc. Here has some of what has come across my desk: (1) Mary Bottari of the Real Economy Project of the ...Read more.
July/August 2010 Issue
We have sent our July/August 2010 issue to the printers, and we will soon be emailing it to e-subscribers. (Not a subscriber? Click here.) We’ve posted a couple of the articles from the new issue to the website: Mary Bottari’s bubble-chart comparing the Wall Street bailout to other large government expenditures (here); and Elissa Dennis’s ...Read more.
Several Items on Immigration
Several items on immigration I have been meaning to post: (1) From D&S collective member and frequent author Alejandro Reuss, an op-ed about immigration that was part of the Progressive Media Project of The Progressive magazine. Some tidbits: Conservatives Should Favor Free Immigration By Alejandro Reuss, June 4, 2010 Conservatives who claim to defend individual ...Read more.
Several Items on BP and Offshore Drilling
I really can’t recommend Global Research’s page on the BP disaster enough. It’s not (or not mostly?) original content, but it’s a great collection of stuff. For example: (1) This piece on the judge who blocked the moratorium on offshore drilling: The federal judge who lifted Obama’s six-month drilling moratorium had interests in Transocean and ...Read more.
Extra! on Inequality; ICE at Gulf Spill
Two more items: (1) The current issue of Extra!, the magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, is about inequality, and there are (as always) some really great article. Two worth mentioning: Wealth Gap Yawns—and So Do Media Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities By Julie Hollar Who Ate the Dessert? Deficit mania ...Read more.
Several Items on Banking Reform
Some items on banking reform, which is still in reconciliation: According to the Wall Street Journal and other outlets, Democrats are sparring over Blanche Lincoln’s derivatives provision (which would bar banks from derivatives trading, requiring them to spin off their divisions that trade in them). Here’s an article at HuffPo by Robert Pollin of the ...Read more.
Several items on BP Spill
Multiple apologies again for the skimpy posting lately–things have been busy here at the D&S office. I hope we can begin posting more regularly soon. For now, here are some items on the BP Gulf oil spill that have been accumulating on my desk; I will do an post of oil- and tarball-free items later ...Read more.
Banking Reform, Blowouts, Plumes, etc.
A few items (apologies again for so few posts lately–the energy I’d be putting into posting has gone into fixing the blog): (1) On Banking Reform. Now that the banking regulation bill is in reconciliation, it will be interesting to see what comes out the other end of the sausage-maker, and in particular whether all ...Read more.
