Posts Tagged ‘Libya’

Friends with Benefits; Unpaid Work; Events; etc.

(1) Friends with Benefits: A nice and timely post from the Focal Point blog at Big Think (which is where the photo above comes from; credit goes to Luminis Kanto): Friends With Benefits: Why Private Sector Workers Should Care About Public Sector Unions Lindsay Beyerstein on March 10, 2011The Republicans are trying to pit private ...Read more.

Left Forum and UALE

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.

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