Posts Tagged ‘Ronald Reagan’

Goldman and Greece, etc.

(1) Goldman Sachs and Greece: A piece in Bloomberg about how Goldman made a “secret loan” to Greece in 2001 involving currency swaps and interest-rate swaps.  This ended up costing Greece billions of euros.  Interest-rate swaps have caused trouble for lots of municipalities (as the SEIU report I linked to the other day documents).  We’ll ...Read more.

More on Egypt; Reagan; Unemployment

(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.

Restore the Original Wealth Tax (Polly Cleveland)

To Save Essential Public Services, Restore the Original Wealth Tax! By Polly Cleveland, on January 17th, 2011 State and local officials propose drastic cuts in public services. There’s an alternative: restore the property tax. It’s the oldest wealth tax of all, the tax that financed Chinese civilization over 2000 years ago, the tax that until ...Read more.

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