Category Archives: SOCIAL STRUCTURES OF ACCUMULATION
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
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
The Insidious Power of Propaganda: You Can Even Sell Wars Using…
The Insidious Power of Propaganda: You Can Even SELL WARS Using … Post Categories: Canada Karel van Wolferen | Monday, September 8, 2014, 15:07 Beijing To study the effects of political propaganda in what used to be called the ‘free … Continue reading
On the Political Economy of Wealth/Income/Power Inequality (An Evolving Essay)
In the US since 1949 inequality has increased with each expansion, with most gains going to the 1% (2 charts) from David Ruccio source That’s right: during the first three years of the current “recovery,” the top 10 percent captured 116 percent … Continue reading
Econometric Forecasting–A Retrospective Assessment
Econometric forecasting — a retrospective assessment August 21, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll There have been over four decades of econometric research on business cycles … The formalization has undeniably improved the scientific strength of business cycle measures … … Continue reading
Economics, Political Economy and Inequality
Unsound on equality August 15, 2014 from Peter Radford In a recent speech I gave on inequality, I described the relevance of economics in a series of quotes thusly: “Political economy you think is an enquiry into the nature and causes … Continue reading