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1.Alyssa Katz: Our Lot (alyssakatz.com)
Katz was interviewed on the June 25 2009 Behind the News episode on the homeownership myth in the U.S. .
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2.Radio commentary, May 23, 2009 (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
[WBAI’s still fundraising; if you haven’t, please think of donating here, specifying Behind the News as your favorite show. Management changes at the station are the most hopeful thing that’s happened there in years. This week’s show ran only on KPFA, ...
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3.Action for a Progressive Pakistan - About (progpak.wordpress.com)
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4.Action for a Progressive Pakistan: Rethinking Pakistan (progpak.wordpress.com)
Post has links to video of a panel at the Left Forum, April 18, 2009. Panel title was: "Rethinking 'the most dangerous place in the world': the War on Terror in Pakistan." Speakers were: Rakhshanda Saleem (Moderator), Saadia Toor, Sahar Shafqat, Madiha Tahir, and Sofia Checa.
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5.Support WBAI, and my show (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
WBAI is fundraising, and I’m doing my major stint from 4-6 tomorrow (Thursday). If you like the show, and you’ve got some spare change, please make a pledge during my time slot.
I’ve got some good news about WBAI, for a change. The st... -
6.Participatory Society Reddit (www.reddit.com)
A small list of links relevant to participatory society/participatory economics, using software similar (in conception at least) to Digg .
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7.Be Like Rostam (montages.blogspot.com)
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8.European vs. U.S. Unemployment Explained (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
When Jaimie Galbraith is good, he can be very good. Here is an example, explaining European unemployment as a result of inequality rather than social democracy. After explaining the close association between inequality and unemployment, he goes on:
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9.Economics as a Moral Science? (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
I am quickly dashing off the text for lecture for the Campus Peace Institute. What I have is a bit rough, but I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks.
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10.China’s Economic Nationalism? (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
Today’s Wall Street Journal expresses shock that China is resorting to economic nationalism, which is supposed to be the exclusive right of the U.S. After all, China’s economy seems to be performing better than the U.S. — at least un...
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11.Manufacturing Discontent (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
I was asked to write something up about my book, Manufacturing Discontent. I thought that I would share it with you. Any comments would be be appreciated.
Of all my books, Manufacturing Discontent may seem to have the least links with Marxism. After... -
12.The Art of Political Lying (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
In 1712, John Arbuthnot, chiefly known as a satirist, considered second only to Jonathan Swift, was also the Queen Anne’s doctor and a Fellow of the Royal Society, proposed the publication of a book with two volumes, titled, The Art of Political ...
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13.Great moments in real estate (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
Been meaning to post this for a while. These are neighboring buildings at the intersection of Smith St and Atlantic Av in Brooklyn (40 41′19.2″ N, 73 59′21.6″ W, says the iPhone). The building on the left is a “luxury” high-rise...
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14.Radio commentary, March 13, 2010 (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
Recovery watch
In a business cycle update, the grinding slog of a recovery continues. Last week, we learned that the job market looked got a little less bad in February than it was getting for most of 2009. On Friday, we learned that the retail sector ... -
15.Brief Thoughts about Chico’s Education Protest (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
I was thrilled to see the large outpouring of emotion from the demonstration protesting the evisceration of the University. I have not seen anything like this since the Vietnam protests of the early 70s.
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16.Laura Agustín in NYC, tonight. Go! (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
Wish I could go, but I can’t. If you can, please do. She’s excellent, and needs support in case NOW sends hecklers.
Trafficking, migration and the sex industry: Framing the questions, Providing the proofs
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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17.The Iranian Diaspora after the Green Wave (montages.blogspot.com)
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18.Enough Already: Venting Over Four Decades of Right-Wing Activism (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
Today, Richard Nixon would be considered a flaming liberal. In Nixon’s day, Barack Obama would have passed as a typical conservative; except, if you remove considerations of civil rights from consideration, he might even be a fairly hard line co...
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19.Tuition piece up (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
Ok, the promised piece on college inflation is up.
As the wage premium for education has expanded, college has gotten a lot more expensive. Why, and what’s this done to access (and with it, class mobility)?
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20.Radio commentary, Feburary 6, 2010 (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
[Sorry for the delay. Better late than never, I hope.]
suburban poverty
In our national imaginary, suburbs are places of affluence, and even a complacent isolation from social problems. As is often the case with received wisdom, this one’s in need of a... -
21.Don’t believe the Manhattan Institute (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
In a few hours, I’ll be posting the piece on how expensive college has gotten and why to the LBO website. In the meanwhile, a dreadful article, “Why the Student Protesters Are Wrong,” published by a Manhattan Institute front called Minding the Campus n...
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22.Lobbyists and Crises (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
Is anybody familiar with this study?
“The International Monetary Fund recently found that banks that spent more to influence policy over the last decade were more likely to take more securitization risks, have larger loan defaults and experience ... -
23.IRIB in Japanese (montages.blogspot.com)
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24.Clean Coal? (michaelperelman.wordpress.com)
A company now plans to run nuclear power plants off the radioactive residue of coal ash.
Winning, David. 2009. “Out of the Ashes: A Small Mining Company Has Big Plans to Sell the Uranium Left Over When Coal Is Burned.” Wall Street Journal (... -
25.LBO 125 out (doughenwood.wordpress.com)
Left Business Observer #125 is out! Already emailed to electronic subscribers, and on press for the dead tree contingent.
Contents:a risky return to the familiar
college: best way to make a buck, especially if you’ve already got a few
contemplating ...
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