Posts Tagged ‘Dean Baker’

The “Miami Model” and Bahrain; Europe; Walker

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Dec 4, 2011 | Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Bahrain, Bermuda, Chris Hughes, Dean Baker, Europe, eurozone, excessive force, Facebook, FTAA protests, gay marriage, John Timoney, Miami Model, Michael Bloomberg, Paul Krugman, pepper spray, policing, public-sector workers, Scott Walker, Sean Eldridge, teachers, torture, Wisconsin | No Comments

(1) Timoney and Bahrain: (Note today’s possibly irrelevant image–can’t remember where I downloaded it, but it was apparently found in a police van in lower Manhattan recently.) The other day I linked to an article from the Atlantic that gave a useful account of the recent history of police tactics with respect to large protests. ...Read more.

Labor Victory, Greece, Clowns, etc.

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Nov 9, 2011 | Tags: clowns, collective bargaining, college sports, Dave Zirin, Dean Baker, Ec 10, Greece, Greg Mankiw, Harvard, Joe Paterno, John Kasich, labor movement, Ohio, Penn State, The Yes Men, Wall Street Bull | No Comments

A quick bunch of links–I have been having trouble finding time to do a proper blog post, for which I apologize. (1) Labor Victory in Ohio: NYT report; interesting piece in the New Republic (which I usually don’t have much use for). (2) Dean Baker on Greece: In the Guardian, for TM to show to ...Read more.

S&P, the Fed, IKEA, etc.

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Aug 12, 2011 | Tags: Bob Pollin, Boeing, Brokers With Their Hands On Their Faces, Dean Baker, foreclosuregate, foreclosures, IKEA, Josh Eidelson, JPMorgan Chase, New York Times, Robert Pollin, robosigning, S&P downgrade, Standard & Poors, stock market, the Fed | 1 Comment

This is going to be a quick series of links–it’s a beautiful day out and I want to enjoy the last couple of hours of daylight! (1) Now that stock volatility has returned, it’s time to start monitoring the Brokers With Hands On Their Faces Blog. It’s hilarious. (Hm… the lead photo for today is ...Read more.

Murdoch, Gang of Six, etc.

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post, Humorous, Outrageous | Jul 20, 2011 | Tags: Arthur Laffer, CEPR, Cheap Trick, Dean Baker, debt, deficit, foreclosuregate, Gang of Six, Gibson, Joe Nocera, John Miller, Late Risers' Club, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, News Corporation, robosigning, Rupert Murdoch, Social Security, Wall Street Journal, WMBR | 2 Comments

(1) Laffer’s Latest Curve-ball: Subscriber Kris W. alerted us that the dumb op-ed Arthur Laffer co-wrote for the WSJ a while back, which John Miller critiques in his July/August Up Against the Wall Street Journal column, is posted all over the web on anti-union websites and elsewhere. In connection with the NLRB’s recent decision against ...Read more.

More on Egypt; Reagan; Unemployment

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post, Uncategorized | Feb 8, 2011 | Tags: Bill Black, CNNMoney, Dean Baker, Egypt, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, John Miller, JOLTS, Michael Hudson, Middle East Report, New York Times, Nomi Prins, Reaganomics, Ronald Reagan, unemployment | 1 Comment

(1) More Links on Egypt: I promised more links; here they are: —The latest from Middle East Report online, Into Egypt’s Uncharted Territory. —On the economic basis of the uprising, by the excellent Nomi Prins, at Alternet: The Egyptian Uprising Is a Direct Response to Ruthless Global Capitalism. —From the excellent Bill Fletcher, at ZSpace, ...Read more.

Arizona Injunction; Baker on CBO and SS

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Jul 28, 2010 | Tags: BanksterUSA, crowding out, Dean Baker, deficit, deficit hawks, financial regulation, Mary Bottari, Social Security, transaction tax, unemployment | No Comments

(1) Possibly Irrelevant Image for today: (2) Judge Blocks Az. Law S.B. 1070. Breaking news–U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton blocked key parts of Arizona’s restrictive and invasive immigration law, which was to go into effect in a couple of days. Here’s what the New York Times has to say: In a ruling on a ...Read more.