Category Archives: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Who’s in Driver’s Seat Before Geneva II
Who’s in Driver’s Seat before Geneva-II Post Categories: Europe Wayne MADSEN | Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 14:35 Beijing Print Unquestionably, there would be no Geneva-II conference on Syria had it not been for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s brilliant tactical strategy of offering up … Continue reading
MLK’s Seldom-Cited “Beyond Vietnam” Speech April 4, 1967 Riverside Church, NYC
MLK Speech “Beyond Vietnam” Riverside Church, New York City, April 4th 1967 “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence … Continue reading
The Logic Behind Mass Spying: Empire and Cyber Imperialism
The Logic behind Mass Spying: Empire and Cyber Imperialism 11.16.2013 :: United States See website of James Petras: http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1961 and at 4thMedia: www.4thmedia.org Introduction: Revelations about the long-term global, intrusive spying by the USNational Security Agency (NSA) and other allied intelligence apparatuses have provoked … Continue reading
‘Unsophisticated Tradecraft’ [Whose?]: FBI Probe Traders Allegedly Using Hand Signals To Manipulate Massive Trades
‘Unsophisticated tradecraft’: FBI probe traders allegedly using hand signals to manipulate massive trades Aruna Viswanatha, Reuters | January 14, 2014 | Last Updated: Jan 14 6:59 PM ET More from Reuters John Moore/Getty ImagesThe FBI intelligence bulletin, which did not provide the names of the … Continue reading
Behind the Masks of “Mainstream” Economics: Pareto-Efficiency, Hayek’s Marvel and the Invisible Executor
Pareto-efficiency, Hayek’s marvel, and the invisible executor January 20, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Egmont Kakarot-Handtke* you may download this paper here as a pdf Abstract This non-technical contribution to the RWER-Blog deals with the interrelations of marketclearing, efficient information processing through the price system, and distribution. The … Continue reading
Larry Summers Joins Reality-Based Economics Community [?]
Larry Summers joins the reality-based economics community January 16, 2014deanbaker1Leave a commentGo to comments from Dean Baker In a remarkable departure from earlier versions of Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, Harvard president and top Obama economics adviser has recently been sounding the … Continue reading
Terrorism with a ‘Human Face’: Re-branding the Public Image of Syria’s Al Qaeda Brigades
Terrorism with a “Human Face”: Rebranding the Public Image of Syria’s Al Qaeda Brigades Post Categories: Canada Phil Greaves | Friday, January 17, 2014, 11:24 Beijing Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printShare on gmailShare on stumbleuponShare on … Continue reading