Category Archives: Real World Economics
The [US] Top 0.1% Overtaking the Bottom 90%
Home > upward income and wealth redistribution > The top 0.1% is overtaking the bottom 90% The top 0.1% is overtaking the bottom 90% November 13, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio This chart is another illustration of the report I discussed a couple … Continue reading
Rethinking Economics Pedagogy and Textbooks: WEA Approach
Rethinking economics pedagogy and textbooks: the new WEA online platform November 5, 2014 from Maria Alejandra Madi and the WEA Pedagogy Blog In 2011, Edward Fullbrook, writing on Toxic Textbooks, pointed out that “No discipline has ever experienced systemic failure on the scale that economics … Continue reading
American “Higher” Education: More Examples of Grotesque Gaps Between Braggadocio and Performance, Promises and Reality
Univ. of North Carolina Credited Athletes For Fake Classes A simmering academic cheating scandal exploded over the University of North Carolina like a nuclear bomb airburst when it was revealed this morning that athletes were systematically steered into fake classes … Continue reading
Multiple Ways Kleptocrats and Militarists Fleece Americans
Multiple Ways Kleptocrats and Militarists Fleece Americans Post Categories: Canada James Petras | Thursday, May 1, 2014, 14:06 Beijing American living standards are plunging and it’s not simply because they are paid less, work longer (or shorter hours) under highly … Continue reading
BigBanks Manipulated $21 Trillion Market for Credit Default Swaps…As Well as Every Other Market
Big Banks Manipulated $21 Trillion Dollar Market for Credit Default Swaps…as well as Every Other Market Post Categories: Canada The Washington’s Blog | Friday, September 12, 2014, 22:11 Beijing Print Derivatives Are Manipulated Runaway derivatives – especially credit default swaps … Continue reading
“Global War Against Russia: China Attacks Australian Coal, While Favors Russia’s
Global War against Russia: China Attacks Australian Coal, While Favors Russian’s Post Categories: Head Stories John Helmer | Thursday, October 16, 2014, 0:36 Beijing Global War against Russia Takes New Turn: China Attacks Australian Coal, Favors Russian Coal Last Thursday … Continue reading
Bill Gates Discusses Wealth and Income Inequality
Bill Gates discusses income inequality Bill Gates reviews Thomas Piketty’s tome on income inequality. His perspective is worth consideration. Wealth and Capital Why Inequality Matters By Bill Gates on October 13, 2014 A 700-page treatise on economics translated from French is … Continue reading