The 'Death Tax' Scam : Rolling Stone
june 2009 by mjb
The opening line about "Barack Obama's America" is bullshit, but the "Death Tax" is still a rhetorical scam.
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Carnegie
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Roosevelt
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Blethen
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Mars
Gallo
Nordstrom
Dorrance
Wegman
Walton
june 2009 by mjb
Attack From the Left: Paul Krugman's Poison Pen
march 2009 by mjb
"'Obama offered a weak health-care plan,' he explains, 'and he had a postpartisan shtik, which I thought was naive.'" I'd hardly call Krugman anti-establishment, but he does seem to have more scruples than I imagined. And certainly Dean Baker or Doug Henwood (a former Republican turned radical of sorts) are harder critics from the left -- with better track records.
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Krugman
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Geithner
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ruling+class
profile
march 2009 by mjb
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
David+X+Li Li economics economy business Wall+Street corruption greed statistics probability derivatives bonds math banking risk investing finance clippings analysis money collapse copula CDO CDS credit+default+swaps mathematics algorithms correlations Gaussian+copula charlatanism charlatan
march 2009 by mjb
David+X+Li Li economics economy business Wall+Street corruption greed statistics probability derivatives bonds math banking risk investing finance clippings analysis money collapse copula CDO CDS credit+default+swaps mathematics algorithms correlations Gaussian+copula charlatanism charlatan
march 2009 by mjb
Forced From Executive Pay to Hourly Wage
march 2009 by mjb
They could write a story like this every day: about hard-working people in seemingly unjust situations, if the apparent pre-requisite for coverage wasn't the upper-middle class falling down the ladder.
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clippings
march 2009 by mjb
Rise in Jobless Poses Threat to Stability Worldwide
february 2009 by mjb
I don't want to romanticize possible "collapse," but this may be an opportunity if people are aware of their power. In one scenario, perhaps only states and the selfish policy-makers will be threatened.
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G8
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International+Monetary+Fund
february 2009 by mjb
US global dominance 'set to wane'
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november 2008 by mjb
United+States foreign+policy militarism economics corporate+globalization imperialism politics geopolitics clippings dominance India China report Russia conflict economy trade influence culture military business war NIC National+Intelligence+Council predictions prediction
november 2008 by mjb
How Does the NYT Know That the Bailout Is Intended to Prevent an Economic Collapse?
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september 2008 by mjb
NYT New+York+Times bailout finance financial+crisis economy intentions ascribing+motivation intent Bush+Administration Democrats Republicans complicity corporatism corruption clippings economic+policy collapse skepticism
september 2008 by mjb
Will Ralph Nader’s Warning Be Acknowledged In the Presidential Debates?
september 2008 by mjb
Give credit to those who consistently got it right before and in spite of the tools you keep electing.
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september 2008 by mjb
Naomi Klein: Big Oil's Iraq deals are the greatest stick-up in history
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july 2008 by mjb
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july 2008 by mjb
Oil prices: George Soros warns that speculators could trigger stock market crash
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june 2008 by mjb
George+Soros Soros finance oil markets speculation economy economics petroleum prices analysis peak+oil? crash speculators energy fuel trade hedge+funds Senate testimony commerce Senate+Commerce+Committee clippings
june 2008 by mjb
Let them eat dirt: Multinationals reap benefits of commodity crisis
corporate+globalization multinationsl commodity crisis let+them+eat+dirt Silverstein Harper's clippings analysis profit economy multinationals Haiti Archer+Daniel+Midlands Cargill Patricia+Woertz Woertz Greg+Page Page food health greed ADM Third+World
may 2008 by mjb
corporate+globalization multinationsl commodity crisis let+them+eat+dirt Silverstein Harper's clippings analysis profit economy multinationals Haiti Archer+Daniel+Midlands Cargill Patricia+Woertz Woertz Greg+Page Page food health greed ADM Third+World
may 2008 by mjb
Only Greentech Can Save U.S. Economy, Says Über-Investor
may 2008 by mjb
'"The politicians' response should be, 'Get used to it,'" said Novogratz of the emerging energy crisis now fuelled by rising oil costs. He was particularly scathing of Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday, which he called "the stupidest idea I ever heard."'
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Novogratz
may 2008 by mjb
Gloomy About Globalization
Joseph+Stiglitz Stiglitz economics corporate+globalization globalization development books book growth IMF International+Monetary+Fund WB World+Bank macroeconomics nyrb politics reviews WTO trade World+Trade+Organization free+trade economy international criticism
may 2008 by mjb
Joseph+Stiglitz Stiglitz economics corporate+globalization globalization development books book growth IMF International+Monetary+Fund WB World+Bank macroeconomics nyrb politics reviews WTO trade World+Trade+Organization free+trade economy international criticism
may 2008 by mjb
U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north
april 2008 by mjb
"If it's bad there, it will be worse here," one Mexican is quoted as saying, and economists seem to agree.
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april 2008 by mjb
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