For the second time since February 2009, I’m republishing “Is The GOP Actively Courting a Depression?” Why? Recently, renewed speculation that this may indeed be the case reminded me that I’ve believed this was...
This entry introduces Christophe Cerniou, a compassionate and active participant in the French political and economic scene via his blog JOURNALISTE EN RESISTANCE (le clavier remplace la STEN) [JOURNALIST IN RESISTANCE (the keyboard replaces...
I’ve often hinted, but seldom written of my belief that the GOP ideological strategy that remains within what’s left of the Reagan GOP is now devoted to literally courting an economic depression. This is...
Road Runner, Wily Coyote, or Blue Dog? Yesterday, economist Paul Krugman put it well, “A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economic recovery. Over the last two weeks, what should have been a...
With credit cards on the outs these days, old-fashioned layaway plans are on a nostalgic comeback tour. Sears, Kmart, TJMAxx, and others are bringing back the layaway, usually charging a small fee and requiring...
Wage Wars. There’s a very fine essay at Down With Tyranny (DWT) discussing and roundly criticizing the growth of the distorted claim that auto workers, on average, make $70.00 per hour. As you can...
Today, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking for the laissez faire tribe, informed the House Financial Oversight Committee that “those of us who looked to the self-interest of financial institutions to protect shareholder’s...
Thanks to digby at Hullabaloo for reporting that Naomi Klein, author of the books The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo, spoke yesterday at the University of Chicago about the...
The Bush Administration is the overturned truck at the side of the road. See if you can find the “Straight Talk Express” . . . John McCain (hereinafter “Pappy McCracky”) to the rescue? Well,...
