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2nd & last (?) rally day

enzofabioarcangeli wrote 2 hours ago: FAQ 1 -  IS THE RALLY ALREADY OVER? IN SUCH A CASE, A  ”PLAN C” WOULD BE NECESSARY. FO … more →

Tags: economic policies, finance, macroeconomics, Depression, gordon brown, hood robin, NASDAQ, Robin Hood, Socialisms

'Structures of Domination'

jad wrote 3 hours ago: I’m at the library now, and I feel I’m getting closer to understanding the tension betwe … more →

Tags: Coursework, Quotes & Clippings, capitalism, Culture Studies, Marxism, Politics

Let them eat their credit cards...

charley2u wrote 5 hours ago: Mohamed El-Erian, PIMPco co-CEO spoke on CNBC today stating Washington’s latest response to t … more →

Tags: General Comment, Depression, GM, Layoffs, PIMCO, recession

'False Consciousness'

jad wrote 8 hours ago: Follow-up on the debate started here, and continued here. [...] There are two issues at stake here. … more →

Tags: Coursework, Quotes & Clippings, Marxism, Culture Studies, Ideology, false consciousness, Education

Resistance vs Coping1 comment

jad wrote 8 hours ago: A follow-up on the debate I started outlining here: [We] need to make a distinction between resista … more →

Tags: Coursework, Quotes & Clippings, capitalism, Culture Studies, Foucault, media, Résistance, social control

Political Economy and/or Cultural Studies2 comments

jad wrote 18 hours ago: As you can tell from my posts on near/far, I took it easy for most of the day today. I guess it … more →

Tags: Coursework, Quotes & Clippings, capitalism, Culture Studies, false consciousness

Agnitio Finance: Coming soon5 comments

agnitio wrote 19 hours ago: With the announcement of deposit insurance by the government for all our dodgy finance companies, be … more →

Tags: Law and Economics, New Zealand Economics

Taxes Tomorrow, No Jobs Today

jimdew wrote 22 hours ago: Senator McCain calls Senator Obama’s tax plan the largest tax increase in history. Senator Oba … more →

Tags: Politics

Reflections of Fidel Castro: The Law of the Jungle2 comments

comradezero wrote 23 hours ago: The following is from Reflections of Fidel Castro, October 13th, 2008. Trade, within a society and … more →

Tags: cuba, electoral politics, Political Economy, Barack Obama, bush, Crisis, Fidel Castro, John McCain

Brownian motion: a cure for subcrime cancer?

enzofabioarcangeli wrote 1 day ago: While the G7 in Washington was inconclusive, Europe advanced more yesterday by generalising G. Brown … more →

Tags: Financial meltdown, financial socialism, gordon brown, Roubini, systemic meltdown

Paul laureate in Stockholm

enzofabioarcangeli wrote 1 day ago: As you see from motivations, the Nobel goes to Paul for two distinct streams of research: a) its ori … more →

Tags: krugman, Nobel

People's Organization for Progress: Which Way to Peace in Iraq?

comradezero wrote 1 day ago: The following was sent to me by a friend: The People’s Organization for Progress will give a p … more →

Tags: action alerts, Anti-War / Anti-Intervention, Ato-Bakari Chase, Crisis, electoral politics, Ibrahim Ebeid, iraq, Kosta Harlan, National Liberation

Bad Math Strikes Again

jimdew wrote 1 day ago: Arnold Kling has produced a great analysis of the mortgage mess. WARNING - it’s pretty technic … more →

If You Ain't Got No Pocket...

dredeyedick wrote 2 days ago: Looking over the postings I’ve made so far, looks like some pretty grim stuff.  But one of th … more →

Tags: Social Contract, DotCommunism, Money, Constitutional law

Panic Attacks!

jimdew wrote 2 days ago: I haven’t tackled Global Warming here for a while. I don’t need to because Bjørn Lombor … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Politics

Revolutionary reflections on the election: We are the wind and the rain1 comment

comradezero wrote 3 days ago: I’ve been reflecting more on the need to build a mass movement to defeat John McCain and stop … more →

Tags: Anti-War / Anti-Intervention, electoral politics, FRSO, Imperialism, Theory, Barack Obama, fight back, iraq, John McCain

Another Reason Why the Economy is So Bad for John McCain

gitell wrote 3 days ago:   Republicans, traditionally, embrace the free market. Today the news is all about how the seven le … more →

Tags: John McCain, National Politics, Economic Crisis, G-7 Meeting, John Kenneth Galbraith, john maynard keynes, wall street melt down

World Bank Computers Unsecured, Under Siege Since Before July1 comment

dredeyedick wrote 3 days ago: IT Chief - “Please bear with us during this unprecedented crisis.“ Fox News is reporting … more →

Tags: Money, Social Contract, technology

Liberty in democracy vs liberty in capitalism

Dirk wrote 3 days ago: The financial crisis has put some very old questions on the top of the agenda, which many thought im … more →

Tags: Economic History, Macro, US, democracy, Liberty


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