Category Archives: Wealth and Income Inequality
Economic Realism
Economic Realism December 27, 2014peterradford from Peter Radford Lars Syll seems to have started a perpetual conversation when he posted a comment about Tony Lawson’s longstanding complaints about realism in economics. I don’t want to get dragged into what appears … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders Announces Deadline for Presidential Decision
Published on Friday, December 26, 2014 by Common Dreams Bernie Sanders Announces Deadline for Presidential Decision Sanders: ‘I don’t want to do it unless we can win this thing’; Will decide by March by Nadia Prupis, staff writer Sen. Bernie … 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
25 Graphics Showing Upward Redistribution of Income and Wealth in 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. … 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
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
Empire or Republic: Imperial Wars and Domestic Epidemics: Could US Survive?
Empire or Republic: Imperial Wars and Domestic Epidemics: Could US Survive? Post Categories: Canada James Petras | Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 18:03 Beijing You Can’t Have Wars and Public Health Washington escalates its military interventions abroad, launching simultaneous air and … Continue reading