Category Archives: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IMPERIALISM
From Silence to Memory
From Silence to Memory Report on the Guatemalan police archives now available in English, with preface by Kate Doyle NY Review of Books features the report in an article by Stephen Kinzer National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 448 … Continue reading
West Point Cadet Quits Military Academy Because of Pervasive Christian Evangelism
West Point cadet quits military academy because of pervasive Christian evangelism By The Christian Science Monitor Saturday, December 8, 2012 10:00 EST When Blake Page announced this week that he was quitting West Point a few months before graduation, citing … Continue reading
What is Neoclassical Economics?
post-autistic economics review Issue no. 38, 1 July 2006 article 1 What Is Neoclassical Economics? The three axioms responsible for its theoretical oeuvre, practical irrelevance and, thus, discursive power Christian Arnsperger (University of Louvain, Belgium) Yanis Varoufakis (University of Athens,Greece) © Copyright: Christian Arnsperger and Yanis Varoufakis 2006 1. Introduction … Continue reading
25 Graphics Showing the Upward Redistribution of Income and Wealth in the USA Since 1979
25 graphics showing upward redistribution of income and wealth in USA since 1979 February 25, 2011David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio I assemble a presentation on inequality on a regular basis for my Principles of Microeconomics course. Here … Continue reading
The ‘Scientific’ Attitude of Modern Economists–Decidedly Unscientific
The ‘scientific’ attitude of modern economists — decidedly unscientific December 5, 2013EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll Paul Krugman writes on his blog today re economic models: Look, economics is about how people (the word “agents” is itself a kind of tribal marker) … Continue reading
More Documents Leaked by Whistle-blower Ed Snowden The Most Explosive NSA Revelation Yet: The NSA is Tracking Your Every Movement
More documents leaked by whistleblower Ed Snowden The Most Explosive NSA Revelation Yet The NSA is Tracking Your Every Movement Forward this email Dear Jean, Today’s release of documents obtained from whistleblower Edward Snowden is by far the most … Continue reading
Decline if the American Imperium (in numbers)
39 country chart of life expectancy and health spending per captia November 27, 2013David F. Ruccio2 comments from David Ruccio The Wall Street Journal notes that rising inequality may pose a problem—because of issues like fairness, political dysfunction, and financial instability. Read more…