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There Is No Nobel Prize in Economics

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 17, 2012 22:35

AlterNet [1] / By Yasha Levine [2]

October 12, 2012 |

It’s Nobel Prize season again. News reports are coming out each day sharing the name of the illustrious winner of the various categories - Science, Literature, etc. But there’s one of the prizes that’s a little different. Well, that’s putting it lightly… you see, the Nobel Prize in Economics is ( Read more... )

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The Cotton-Pickin' Economic System [via The Hipcrime Vocab]

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 16, 2012 14:28

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

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Social Services [via The Hipcrime Vocab]

nebris wrote in the_recession Sep 27, 2012 14:39

Thursday, September 27, 2012

This short article about why Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is so popular is telling:
Basically, the Golden Dawn, as I learned when I was in Greece, operates as a kind of quasi services mafia. If you're an (ethnically Greek) old lady worried about getting robbed when you go to the ATM, a menacing Golden Dawn thug ( Read more... )

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The Austerity Agenda

nebris wrote in the_recession Jun 01, 2012 08:59

From The NYTBy PAUL KRUGMAN ( Read more... )

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Arizona Pulls a “Scott Walker” With Funds Meant for Struggling Homeowners

nebris wrote in the_recession May 31, 2012 20:21

From Main Street

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and her allies in the state legislature are seeking to use millions of dollars intended for struggling homeowners to pay for prison construction and tax cuts instead, echoing a policy put in place earlier this year in Wisconsin by Governor Scott Walker.

Remember the $26 billion foreclosure settlement, the ( Read more... )

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Buffet rule would generate $47 billion, GOP unimpressed

nebris wrote in the_recession Mar 21, 2012 14:59

By Chris in Paris on 3/21/2012 11:45:00 AM

Of course they're unimpressed, because it generates a much more significant amount of money than the GOP plans to tax the poor and middle class. Forget all of the GOP talk about how there are so many Americans who don't pay taxes and ought to pay taxes even though taxing them would never come close to ( Read more... )

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Down and Out in the New Middletowns

nebris wrote in the_recession Mar 13, 2012 01:39

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Krugman on whether the rich really need the rest of us

nebris wrote in the_recession Mar 11, 2012 14:30

By Gaius Publius on 3/11/2012 09:15:00 AM

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Paul Krugman has a nice column on Republican attitudes on education, contrasting "social conservative" Santorum's approach with "economic conservative" Romney's. I'll let you go read; it's excellent.

But I want to point out the following (my emphasis):
But what about ( Read more... )

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Robert Reich: "The First Amendment is being stood on its head"

nebris wrote in the_recession Nov 29, 2011 18:36

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Brought to you by the people who occupy wall street.

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 01, 2011 21:14

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