Pension Tension
Apr 26, 2013
Will the Harvard Austerity Error End Economic Sadomasochism?
Apr 22, 2013 "It seems unlikely," anthropologist and author David Graeber writes. "After all, as I and many others have long argued, austerity was never really an economic policy: ultimately, it was always about morality."
Massachusetts Economists Discredit Influential Austerity Study
Apr 20, 2013 Economists from the University of Massachusetts appear to have debunked a Harvard paper that right-wing politicians have used to push economic austerity policies. The challengers explain where the Harvard economists went wrong in an interview with The Real News Network.
Using (and Reforming) the System
Mar 28, 2013 When it comes to policy, I fall into both of these camps -- pro-Bloomberg on guns, but anti-Citizens United. And so I have been pondering the issue of consistency or, as some would see it, hypocrisy.
Debt Is the Problem
Mar 15, 2013 It's not the kind created by government spending on social programs, however, economist Michael Hudson says.
Money for the People: Comedian Grillo’s Populist Plan for Italy
Mar 7, 2013 Default on the public debt, nationalization of the banks, and a citizen dividend could save the Italian economy.
Your Private Bus Conversations May Soon Be Recorded
Dec 12, 2012 In cities across the country, the government is installing sophisticated audio surveillance equipment on public transit to listen in on passengers.
The Public Cost of BP’s ‘Pathetic’ Fine
Nov 17, 2012 BP’s record settlement of $4.5 billion for damages caused by the explosion and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 is the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, but at a fifth of the company's 2011 profits, to be paid over a span of five years, it amounts to a "pathetic" slap on the wrist, says Public Citizen’s Tyler Slocum.
Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law Struck Down
Sep 15, 2012 A Wisconsin judge Friday repealed the state law supported by Gov. Scott Walker that ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers for more than a year.
Layoffs of Public Workers Harm Recovery
Jun 20, 2012 Although the private sector has made meager employment gains since the beginning of the long climb out of the recession, government jobs are disappearing at an accelerating rate.
