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Economics / economic policy, government spending, plutocracy, Republicans /

Score Two For The Plutocrats

April 2, 2014

Wow. What a week for the plutocrats. First we were given the latest Paul Ryan budget which, predictably, reached its targeted balance by crushing social spending programs like food stamps and Medicaid. Then, today, we we told of the Supreme Couret’s decision to strike down all limits on personal political campaign donations, thus opening the […]

Economics / economic theory /

Quote of the Day #6: Reformist Economics

March 31, 2014

“… the act of judgement that leads scientists to reject a previously accepted theory is always based upon more than a comparison of that theory with the world. The decision to reject one paradigm is always the decision to accept another, and the judgement leading to that decision involves the comparison of both paradigms with […]

Economics / austerity, economic policy, economic theory, government spending, growth, inequality /

History Lessons

March 17, 2014

History repeats itself. Cliche. Truth. Or, perhaps, we repeat history. That seems to be the lesson I am learning as I continue to delve into the darker corners of inequality, which is, undoubtedly, the issue of our age. Before I go any further I have to note – it is relevant – Paul Ryan’s extraordinary […]

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