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Plagiarism: Theft, Fraud, Betrayal (and Extenuating Circumstances)

Plagiarism is a big deal, and if unchecked will create a Gresham’s dynamic where plagiarized content dominates original material

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, Social values on June 18, 2014 by Lambert Strether.

Ariel Dorfman: A Tale of Torture and Forgiveness

Can we forgive torture?

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on June 18, 2014 by Yves Smith.

Larry Summers’ Contradictory and Dishonest Defense of Administration’s Bank-Focused Crisis Response

Larry Summers, like Tim Geithner, wants the public to believe that rescuing banks and leaving citizens to rot was the right crisis response. But neither experts, nor people who followed the crisis, nor voters at large are buying what Team Obama is trying to sell.

David Cay Johnston on the Perils of Our Growing Inequality

David Cay Johnston is a clear and lively conversationalist, and I anticipate readers will enjoy his discussion of his work over the last 20 years on inequality.

Why Don’t the Unemployed Get Off Their Couches?

Why it is ludicrous to expect the unemployed to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

This entry was posted in Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, The dismal science on June 4, 2014 by Yves Smith.

Michael Perelman: Vietnam – Invitation to a Morass

How the Vietnam War helped usher in neoliberalism, financialization of the economy, and the use of military spending as stealth stimulus.

European Voters Deliver the Revenge of the Nation-State

Were the results of the European elections a tremor or an earthquake?

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on May 26, 2014 by Yves Smith.

Maggie Mahar: How Doctors Stymie the Wishes of the Elderly

A detailed picture of how doctors and medical facilities stack the deck against aged patients and their relatives.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Legal, Social policy, Social values on May 20, 2014 by Yves Smith.

Michael Perelman: The Rise of Free-Trade Imperialism and Military Keynesianism

On the economic and political origins of America’s stealth imperialism and military Keynesianism, as opposed to Keynes’ original version.

More Polite Handwringing About Student Debt Mess

The absence of serious discussion of an only-worsening student debt problem is troubling.

This entry was posted in Politics, Social policy, Social values, Student loans on May 15, 2014 by Yves Smith.

The Height of World War I Servicemen

Height in England before World War II was seen as a class marker. But is that the whole story?

This entry was posted in Environment, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy on May 10, 2014 by Yves Smith.

Rhode Island Senate Considering “Maximum Wage” Legislation

Why Rhode Island’s maximum wage proposal is a potential big step toward reducing income inequality.

This entry was posted in CEO compensation, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on May 9, 2014 by Yves Smith.

How Milton Friedman Fomented the Barmy “Corporations Exist to Maximize Shareholder Value” Myth

One of my pet peeves is the degree to which the notion that corporations exist only to serve the interests of shareholders is accepted as dogma and recited uncritically by the business press

This entry was posted in CEO compensation, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science on May 5, 2014 by Yves Smith.

An Empire in Decline, City by City, Town by Town

By Peter Van Buren, who blew the whistle on State Department waste and mismanagement during Iraqi reconstruction in his first book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People. He writes at his blog, We Meant Well and has a new book Ghosts of Tom […]

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on May 2, 2014 by Yves Smith.