We need austerity. We can’t afford our Oligarchs any more.
We Can’t Afford This Oligarchy |
| By: masaccio Sunday November 27, 2011 11:00 am |
It Looks the Same but Something Has Changed |
| By: masaccio Sunday October 2, 2011 10:30 am |
The rich are planning to hang onto their wealth and domination, and that is bad for at least 1.8 billion people.
Bicycle Economics |
| By: masaccio Sunday September 18, 2011 10:40 am |
One-trick ponies and one-foot bike riders; a story of right-wing economists.
Krugman Takes Out Barro and Mankiw with One Chart |
| By: masaccio Monday September 12, 2011 12:20 pm |
In the New York Times Economists Bowl, I call it Princeton 2, Harvard 0.
Labor and The Left |
| By: masaccio Sunday September 4, 2011 11:00 am |
It won’t be easy to reunite Labor and the Left to pursue progressive economic policies. There is a lot of bad history between the groups.
The Anarcho-Rightists |
| By: masaccio Sunday July 31, 2011 11:53 am |
The President thinks he can do business with anarcho-rightists. It won’t happen. The wreckers will destroy the economy rather than “do business”.
The Logical Outcome of Protecting the Rich Is Massive Unemployment |
| By: masaccio Sunday June 26, 2011 10:30 am |
Protecting banksters from the consequences of their fraud insures massive unemployment for the foreseeable future. The Government has alternatives, but it won’t put them into action. Obama raised $2.4 million dollars for his reelection campaign from Wall Street. No one goes to jail.
Consumption – To Repeat the Obvious – Is the Sole End and Object of All Economic Activity |
| By: masaccio Sunday June 12, 2011 10:40 am |
Conservatives loathe Keynes, but they have no answer to the inexorable logic of his book. That makes them push their idiot theories even harder. That will be great for the rich, and screw the rest of us.
Rearguing the Great Depression, University of Chicago Style |
| By: masaccio Sunday December 5, 2010 12:30 pm |
Casey Mulligan is a wonderful case study for Yves Smith’s book, ECONned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Undermined Democracy and Corrupted Capitalism.
Tax The Rich Now |
| By: masaccio Sunday October 17, 2010 10:30 am |
Tax the rich or face worsening standards of living. It’s that simple.


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