Economics
Confronting the walking dead: John Quiggin’s “Zombie Economics”
November 8, 2011The zombie metaphor is both witty and apt when discussing how ideas about society and finance that have alarmingly failed refuse to stay dead and buried.
Read moreCan we avoid history’s “blood-dimmed tide”?
October 13, 2011The destruction of the Roman Empire took over 300 years ending with the sack of Rome
Read moreLatin American alliance confronts economic crisis
August 23, 2011UNASUR has emerged from a bevy of regional alliances to assume a major role in work toward Latin American integration. With the Paraguayan Senate's approval August 13 of Paraguay's entry into UNSUR, the alliance now includes...
Read moreThe Republican Party and the big lies
July 7, 2011Modern Republicans reject every effective job plan and then blame Democrats for unemployment.
Read moreBudget cuts are really people cuts
June 22, 2011When governments balance budgets by cutting services, they are saving money, but also causing the deaths of thousands they judge socially useless.
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