Posts Tagged ‘austerity’

Manifesto of the Appalled Economists; etc.

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Feb 6, 2012 | Tags: Adam Davidson, Appalled Economics, austerity, European debt crisis, Marxist economics, Michelle Rhee, Planet Money, Rick Wolf, student loans | 1 Comment

(1) Manifesto of the Appalled Economists: Hat-tip to David Barkin for the link to the English translation (which has apparently been around for over a year already) for this document, originally out of France, subtitled CRISIS AND DEBT IN EUROPE: 10 PSEUDO “OBVIOUS FACTS”, 22 MEASURES TO DRIVE THE DEBATE OUT OF THE DEAD END. ...Read more.

Weisbrot and Epitropoulos on Greece

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Jul 22, 2011 | Tags: austerity, bond market, debt, deficits, euro, Europe, Greece, Mark Weisbrot, Mike-Frank Epitropoulos, protest | 1 Comment

A Call from Mike-Frank Epitropoulos: Mike Epitropoulos, author of Greece as a Demonstration Project (Dollars & Sense, May/June 2010) called me from Athens a couple of days ago. He’ll be writing another article for us soon about the situation over there. In the meantime, check out this piece he wrote for his Znet page, The ...Read more.

Wisconsin, Tim DeChristopher, etc.

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Feb 16, 2011 | Tags: austerity, Bill McKibbon, budget cuts, climate change, Farooque Chowdhury, global warming, James Hanson, microcredit, Naomi Klein, public-sector workers, Republicans, Robert Redford, Scott Walker, Tim DeChristopher, unions, Wisconsin | No Comments

(1) Protests in Wisconsin against Republican Threats to Labor: Earlier today I spoke with Roger Bybee, who’s written articles for D&S over the years, often on labor-related topics, about the situation in Wisconsin, where the new Republican governor, Scott Walker, has been busy blaming unionized public-sector workers for the state’s budget woes. The latest gambit ...Read more.

The Revolutionary MLK

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Jan 17, 2011 | Tags: austerity, civility, Dissent, hostility, Mark Engler, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, militarism, poverty, racism, Real News Network, revolution, State of the Dream, United for a Fair Economy | No Comments

Making King Bland: Every year on MLK Day, a bland liberal version of Martin Luther King is celebrated, and leftists take time to point out how radical King was, toward the end of his life, at any rate. Two contributions of note: From the Real News Network, Paul Jay plays some great clips of MLK’s ...Read more.

Assange Arrested, Austerity, Textbooks rated, etc.

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Dec 7, 2010 | Tags: austerity, climate change, economics textbooks, James Crotty, Julian Assange, lending, National People's Action, Rob Larson, temp workers, Wikileaks | No Comments

(1) Julian Assange Arrested in London: The head of WikiLeaks turned himself in to Scotland Yard, was arrested, and was refused bail. He now faces possible extradition to Sweden, which he will resist. Here’s the story from the Guardian. Here’s something interesting on the charges against him in Sweden, from an Australian lawyer who had ...Read more.

Unemployment, Austerity, Stimulus

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Uncategorized | Aug 16, 2010 | Tags: austerity, bond traders, Brad DeLong, CEPR, EPI, interest rates, stimulus, unemployment | No Comments

[N.B.: First three items by our fabulous summer intern Elizabeth Murphy, who also chose this post's Possibly Irrelevant Image. Sorry for the delay posting these!] (1) The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the July unemployment numbers last Friday (Aug.6) and they do not look pretty. Unemployment remains exactly where it was at the end of ...Read more.