Posts Tagged ‘socialism’

ASSA; NYT: Socialism = enemy

I was not going to do another blog post until I’d returned from my trip out west for the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings in Denver, but after a couple of extra days out here visiting friends in Boulder, my return flight to Boston was canceled.  I hope to return later today, but I needed ...Read more.

Senator Sanders’ Socialism (Nancy Folbre)

(1) Nancy Folbre at the New York Times’ Economix: A nice piece about Sanders’ filibuster against the tax compromise: When the rumpled, plain-spoken Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont spoke virtually nonstop for more than eight hours on Dec. 10 to explain his opposition to tax cuts for the rich, he quickly became a YouTube and ...Read more.

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