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Paul Krugman on why austerity is a recipe for ten more years of a Depression.

nebris wrote in the_recession May 29, 2012 07:09

By John Aravosis on 5/28/2012 07:00:00 PM

Krugman says we're still in a classic Depression.

Paul Krugman on Bill Maher:
We are in a depression. We are actually in a classic depression. A depression is when nobody wants to spend. Everybody wants to pay down their debt at the same time. Everybody is trying to pull back, either because they got too ( Read more... )

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Budget Crisis Meme

nebris wrote in the_recession Mar 16, 2011 01:06

Here's the little meme I've been posting around the intrawebz...

"Simple Solutions To The Budget Crisis:
End two wars of occupation. Leave the Middle East.
Stop fighting the Cold War. Leave Europe.
Stop funding the military power of other nations.
End all military contracts, and return all of those duties to the military itself.
Close ( Read more... )

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Thank You, Ya Bagger Morons

nebris wrote in the_recession Dec 10, 2010 05:12

California to get high-speed rail funds 2 states rejected
By Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers ( Read more... )

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'The looming danger of deflation'

nebris wrote in the_recession Jul 10, 2010 14:23

by Gaius Publius on 7/10/2010 02:20:00 PM

Paul Krugman:
[Economist John Makin is] politically conservative, and is based at a right-wing think tank. But his warning about the looming danger of deflation reads just like something I or Jan Hatzius (Goldman’s chief economist - never mind the Blankfein stuff, the econ group is very ( Read more... )

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Food Access Is A Basic Right!

nebris wrote in the_recession Jun 05, 2010 04:27

The City that Ended Hunger
“To search for solutions to hunger means to act within the principle that the status of a citizen surpasses that of a mere consumer.” CITY OF BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL

by Frances Moore Lappé
posted Feb 13, 2009

In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a ( Read more... )

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Double-digit unemployment by the end of 2009? Krugman:

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Dec 04, 2008 14:38

New York Times Op-Ed:Worries about next year
December 4, 2008

I’ve been ruminating over economic prospects for next year, and I’m getting scared.

Two points:1. The economy is falling fast. We’ll see what tomorrow’s employment report says, but we could well be losing jobs at a rate of 450,000 or 500,000 a month ( Read more... )

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