Category Archives: SOCIAL STRUCTURES OF ACCUMULATION
The Imperial Academy: Piketty’s response to Mankiw et al.: “and some consume academics.”
Piketty’s response to Mankiw et al.: “and some consume academics.” January 17, 2015David F. Ruccio from David Ruccio – I didn’t attend the most recent American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association meetings in Boston. But, according to Chuck Collins, several sessions … Continue reading
How Change Is Stymied: Change for the Better, IF It Comes, Will Come from Economic Collapse
How Change Is Stymied: Change for the Better, IF It Comes, Will Come from Economic Collapse Post Categories: Canada Paul Craig Roberts | Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 15:41 Beijing The gangsters who run the US financial system have determined opponents. … Continue reading
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives Post Categories: Canada Ellen Brown | Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 14:22 Beijing The sudden dramatic collapse in the price of oil appears to be an act of … Continue reading
The Incompetence of Economic Policy Makers: Why U.S. Women are Leaving the Labor Force
The incompetence of economic policy makers: why U.S. women are leaving the labor force December 15, 2014deanbaker1Leave a commentGo to comments from Dean Baker The NYT seems intent on hiding the elephant in the living room. Yesterday it gave us a … Continue reading
MSE (“Mainstream” Economics) What is “True” is not New, What is “New” is not True: Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Despotism
Abraham Lincoln and the road to despotism November 14, 2014 from David Ruccio It is a glaring omission in his otherwise remarkable discussion of the relationship between Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln, An Unfinished Revolution, that Robin Blackburn neither discusses nor does he include … Continue reading
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
Prof. Noam Chomsky: “The US is a [the?] Leading Terrorist State”
Prof. Noam Chomsky: The US is a LEADING TERRORIST STATE Post Categories: Canada Noam Chomsky | Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 21:34 Beijing An international poll found that the United States is ranked far in the lead as “the biggest threat … Continue reading