Category Archives: despotic academia
Downton Abbey economics
Downton Abbey economics March 3, 2015David F. Ruccio from David Ruccio If you watched the Downton Abbey Season 5 finale, you will have seen the elaborately staged grouse shoot: The bird shooting party is an extraordinary example of what life … Continue reading
Evidence of intelligent life in the economics profession [STTPML:??]
Evidence of intelligent life in the economics profession March 3, 2015deanbaker1 from Dean Baker Last month, former Clinton Treasury Secretary and top Obama adviser Larry Summers ripped into those arguing that more education is the answer to the country’s inequality … Continue reading
The Lengthened Shadow of Monica’s Blue Dress
Clinton’s Portrait Has Hint Of Lewinsky’s Blue Dress, Artist Says March 02, 2015 1:29 PM ET Krishnadev Calamur Twitter i Artist Nelson Shanks’ 2005 portrait of former President Clinton, which hangs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. National Portrait … Continue reading
Ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan to headline anti-Netanyahu rally
Ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan to headline anti-Netanyahu rally Dagan, who called Netanyahu’s policies ‘destructive to the future and security of Israel,’ will speak at rally demanding regime change at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. By Jonathan Lis and Haaretz | Feb. … Continue reading
WHY DOES THE FBI HAVE TO MANUFACTURE ITS OWN PLOTS IF TERRORISM AND ISIS ARE SUCH GRAVE THREATS?
WHY DOES THE FBI HAVE TO MANUFACTURE ITS OWN PLOTS IF TERRORISM AND ISIS ARE SUCH GRAVE THREATS? Post Categories: Opinion > Glenn Greenwald | Saturday, February 28, 2015, 11:21 Beijing The FBI and major media outlets yesterday trumpeted the agency’s latest counterterrorism … Continue reading
Old Senile Men and Westphalian Fascism: McCain, Kissinger, Scowcroft, Brzezinski,
Old Senile Men and Westphalian Fascism: McCain, Kissinger, Scowcroft, Brzezinski, Post Categories: Canada Wayne MADSEN | Monday, March 2, 2015, 6:31 Beijing Although it is difficult to determine what the three old men of Western power politics mean in their … Continue reading
Economists pretending to know
Economists pretending to know March 2, 2015Editor from Lars Syll We are storytellers, operating much of the time in worlds of make believe. We do not find that the realm of imagination and ideas is an alternative to, or retreat from, … Continue reading