Archive for November, 2010
Cat-Food Commission, Deficits, etc.
(1) The Cat-Food Commission–Oops!–I Mean the Deficit Commission: Two new articles posted to the D&S website just now: Deficits: Real Issue, Phony Debates, by Rick Wolff (from the Nov/Dec issue), and The Deficit Commission and Redistribution, by Darwin BondGraham (web-only). Check them out! Joshua Holland also has a great article on deficits over at Alternet: Why ...Read more.
Bob Pollin on QE2 and Deflation
I have been feeling guilty about having posted that funny but misleading video yesterday (they made fun of the Fed’s concern about deflation, and implied that deflation would be good for ordinary people, which is just wrong). Anyhow, my penance is to post this very good video from the Real News Network. More at The ...Read more.
QE2, London Protests, Banks in Trouble
(1) More on QE2: Here is an amusing video (hat-tip to Steve Schnapp of United for a Fair Economy, our neighbors and landlords). I think it is hilarious, though I think some of the points it makes are questionable. E.g. I think the fear of inflation isn’t warranted, and that there really are deflationary pressures. ...Read more.
More on Academic Kickbacks
When he read my last post, Rob Larson (author of the cover story in the current issue of D&S) forwarded me an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal, Beware of “Independent” Investing Research, and the accompanying graphic (see above). I had been planning to post again on that very issue of economists for hire–the ...Read more.
An Evening with Fancy Economists
Readers of this blog may remember that I visited the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last spring for a forum on “Prospects for the Economy.” I blogged about that forum under the title An Evening with Fancy Bankers. As I recounted, the most memorable, and appalling, speaker on the panel was not a banker ...Read more.
Banks to Cash in on QE2 (Yves Smith)
More on QE2–just hit my inbox, an interview with Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism on the Real News Network; sounds like the interview took place at the Political Economy Research Institute, which is cool (I didn’t know Yves Smith had any connection with PERI). By the way, here is the Bernanke WashPo Op-Ed she refers ...Read more.
Nov/Dec Issue, QE2, etc.
[This posting's potentially irrelevant image--one taken by me, around the corner from my place. The marina has been having all these great art installations.] (1) November/December 2010 issue: We have posted two articles from our Nov/Dec 2010 issue: John Miller’s column, That Hurt! Let’s Do It Again, and Rob Larson’s feature Underwater: Profits and pay ...Read more.
