ASSA and Jet Blue
Chris Sturr , December 31, 2008
Things may be relatively quiet on the D&S blog for the first week of 2009, as our busiest blogger (yours…
Contours of Crisis
Chris Sturr , December 31, 2008
We just posted a great web-only article by Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan, co-authors of Capital as Power: A Study…
3M CEO on Plant Closings
Chris Sturr , December 30, 2008
This is via Doug Henwood at lbo-talk, posted under the heading “Capitalist Thought.” He says he doesn’t know the origin…
Left Economics Education Gets a Nod
Chris Sturr , December 30, 2008
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was in the news (and under arrest) last week after he disrupted a Bureau of Land…
Economics of Immigrant Detention in R.I.
Chris Sturr , December 29, 2008
This is a pretty horrifying piece from Saturday’s Times–excellent reporting. We covered the Rhode Island ICE raids mentioned in the…
WaMu Reckoning
Chris Sturr , December 29, 2008
This is from a series from the New York Times called “The Reckoning” exploring the causes of the financial crisis.…
Rebuild the Economy: Invest in People
Chris Sturr , December 29, 2008
The New York Times published my letter below December 26, 2008. Meanwhile, Mother Jones has just published (not yet online)…
Judge Finds Starbucks Guilty of Union-Busting
Chris Sturr , December 24, 2008
Some good news: an NLRB victory for Starbucks workers, organizing with the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies.…
FT Falls Down on IndyMac Fraud
Chris Sturr , December 24, 2008
The Financial Times had a rather pithy piece (see below in full) on the fraud at IndyMac, reported in yesterday’s…
Iceland Gives Christmas Frosty Reception
Chris Sturr , December 24, 2008
A grim story from today’s Financial Times (posted to their website yesterday). Best quote, from the end of the article:…