Archive for March, 2011

John Miller at US Uncut Protest; Jonathan Rowe

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Mar 30, 2011 | Tags: Bank of America, corporate taxes, growth consensus, John Miller, Jonathan Rowe, taxes, U.K. Uncut, U.S. Uncut | 2 Comments

1. U.S. Uncut Teach-In John Miller, D&S collective member and columnist, participated in a recent US Uncut teach-in. (Here is the article from The Nation that got people excited about starting a U.S. version of UK Uncut.) 2. Jonathan Rowe, RIP. We just found out (via D&S collective member Bryan Snyder) that Jonathan Rowe, the ...Read more.

Left Forum and UALE

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Mar 22, 2011 | Tags: Bradley Manning, Daniel Ellsberg, imperialism, Left Forum, Libya, no-fly zone, U.S. imperialism, UALE, Wikileaks | No Comments

Apologies to regular blog readers–I have been too busy going to, and preparing for, conferences to find good material on Japan, Libya, etc. to post. Very quick updates: This past weekend Dollars & Sense was at Left Forum; our panel discussion on the banking sector went really well, with excellent analysis by Polly Cleveland and ...Read more.

D&S Panel at Left Forum

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Mar 17, 2011 | Tags: banking, banking regulation, banking sector, left activism, Left Forum, Polly Cleveland, Rob Larson, William K. Black | No Comments

D0llars & Sense is sponsoring a panel discussion at this year’s Left Forum on the state of the banking sector. The panelists will be: Polly Cleveland of Columbia University; Rob Larson of Ivy Tech Community College; and William K. Black of the University of Missouri at Kansas City. I (D&S co-editor Chris Sturr) will moderate. ...Read more.

Vegan Protest Fuel in Madison, and more

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 11, 2011 | Tags: Arthur MacEwan, conservatism, David Leonhardt, economics, economics profession, Hillary Rettig, Ian's Pizza, leftism, liberalism, Madison, Marginal Revolution, Scott Walker, the left, veganism, Wisconsin | No Comments

(1) Vegan Protest Fuel: Today’s syllogism: “All Wisconsinites may be cheeseheads, but not all Wisconsinites eat cheese,” therefore, vegan demonstrators need an alternative to the pizzas from Ian’s Pizza that so many people have thoughtfully donated to the efforts in Madison. Our friend Hillary Rettig is one of the people behind the Vegan Protest Fuel ...Read more.

Activists Shut Down BoA Branch in D.C., and more

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Mar 8, 2011 | Tags: Bank of America, Chamber of Commerce, corporate taxes, Institute for Wisconsin's Future, James K. Galbraith, Mason Gaffney, National People's Action, Polly Cleveland, property taxes, public-sector unions, public-sector workers, Scott Walker, unions, Wisconsin | 1 Comment

(1) NPA Activists Shut Down BoA Branch in D.C. From today’s Democracy Now!: Activists Shut Down Bank of America Branch in D.C. in Tax Protest In Washington, D.C., 600 activists with National People’s Action shut down a branch of Bank of America Monday to protest the bank’s record of dodging taxes. National People’s Action recently ...Read more.

NYS Assembly Hearings on Property Tax Cap

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Mar 2, 2011 | Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Citizens for Tax Justice, housing, income, New York State, Nova Scotia, Polly Cleveland, property taxes, real estate, taxes, wealth | No Comments

Polly Cleveland, author of our current lead article, Restore the Original Wealth Tax, testified before the New York State legislature yesterday, arguing against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to cap property tax increases at 2% or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. See below for her testimony. Polly reported that someone from a ...Read more.