Posts Tagged ‘public-sector workers’
The “Miami Model” and Bahrain; Europe; Walker
(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.
#OccupyWallStreet; ”Stop Resisting! Stop Fighting!”
(Sorry–no picture today–the post is already too long, and there are two embedded videos. Even if you skim, though, please read through to the end. There’s a bit of a punchline in item #5. –CS) 1.) #OccupyWallStreet: This weekend, I’ll be going to a conference at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, sponsored by the Union ...Read more.
Can Killing Government Prevent Special Interest Capture?
In my last post on meat markets and securities markets, I argued that competitive markets require government oversight to prevent fraud and monopoly. The post drew a response from Libertarian friends: didn’t I know that government regulators would immediately be captured by the regulated industry, resulting in worse fraud and monopoly? Industry capture? Yes, I ...Read more.
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.
Activists Shut Down BoA Branch in D.C., and more
(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.
March/April issue: Tax the Rich!
I have lots of stuff to link to; I hope to get to them soon. I have been working to get the March/April issue to the printers (which happened this morning) and to get material from the new issue posted to the website (which happened just now), including our Tax and Deficits Activism Kit, which ...Read more.
Obama’s Budget; Wisconsin
(1) Obama’s Budget: Our trustworthy source for analysis of Obama’s 2012 budget proposal: The National Priorities Project: Presidents Budget 2012: Values By The Numbers Feb. 18, 2011 National Priorities Project offers four detailed analyses of President Obama’s $3.7 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2012 focused on: expenditures, revenue and deficits, the impact of federal spending ...Read more.
Wisconsin, Tim DeChristopher, etc.
(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.
Why France Matters, plus…
[This post's "possibly irrelevant image" is a detail from the cover of the new edition of Real World Banking and Finance, which will be printed in the next week or so. Place your order today! Isn't the "Eye of Providence" creepy? I thought it worked, because banking and finance is a little creepy too (and ...Read more.
