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Legacy of the Neocons : Understanding our Economic Fix
Understanding our economic fix:The role of neocon economics in damaging the economy and creating unemployment By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2009 If Republicans can blame economic problems on Democratic spending, they will have a leg … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Economy, Neocons, Obama Administration, Recession, Sherman DeBrosse
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James Howard Kunstler : Our Gods are not Happy
Rough beast, preparing to slouch. Art by Alex “Rhino” Voroshev.Thinking the unthinkable:Cornpone Hitlers and the agony of ordinary people By James Howard Kunstler / November 3, 2009 A side-trip to the local mall — where else to buy ammo around … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Coups d'etat, Economic Crisis, Right Wing Extremists, Wall Street
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Money Alone Is Not Wealth
America, smitten with financial sector, must build true wealthBy Anna Manzo / Thursday, August 27, 2009 The unemployment rate at the end of July was 9.4 percent and is expected to reach 10 percent by year’s end. If part-time workers … Continue reading
The Bankruptcy of Economic ‘Theory’ Based on the Celebration of Greed
Just the Facts: Taxes, Debts, and National Prosperity By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / August 3, 2009 For the past 30 years, conservative Republicans have been able to dominate the economic policy debate by controlling the framework of … Continue reading
US Economy: Think It’s Getting Better? Think Again
America’s Sea of Red Ink Was Years in the MakingBy David Leonhardt / June 9, 2009 There are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years. The first is that President … Continue reading
Look for It : The Unemployment Channel
TALL Funding Proposal A-0001: The Unemployment Channel (UC) By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2009 Ah, the common folk. How we do pile up. Come May Day 2009 there will be about 14 million unemployed, twice … Continue reading
Sid Eschenbach: Myth-Busting for Dummies
An Idiot’s Guide to Myth-BustingBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / April 19, 2009 All things come to an end, and this deep recession will not be the exception no matter what policy roads are taken. However, the speed … Continue reading
‘Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.’
Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and Henry Fonda as Tom Joad.Above the din, Ma Joad’s voice still confident, clearBy Pierre Tristam / April 7, 2009 Homeless camps now sprawl instead of developments. Unemployment numbers are spilling off front pages into … Continue reading
Washington Retraining Programs Unfunded Until July
And it’s reasonable to speculate that this is happening across the country. It says everything about national priorities that we put billions into bailing out financial institutions, some of which are demonstrably corrupt, but those individuals who need funding for … Continue reading
We Suffer Under a Mass National Hallucination
Zombie Apocafest 2008. This is “Best Zombified Building” forPaul Hetherington’s “Casa Baron.” Photo: Source.Escape from the Zombie Food CourtBy Joe Bageant / April 3, 2009 [Joe Bageant recently spoke at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University at Lexington, … Continue reading
FDR-Bashing and Right Wing Economics
How much can Obama learn from FDR? Graphic from Economic Policy Journal. The right wing economic ideologues had their chance and got what they wanted in terms of deregulation, union busting, deficit spending and war. And the results are now … Continue reading
Career Tips : Pollyanna’s Postmodern Pointers
Photo from madebytess / Flickr. Employment trends for a post-widget world By Pollyanna O’Possum / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2009 AUSTIN, Texas — Let’s face it, friends: the U.S. of A. is not going back to making widgets … Continue reading →