What Are the Only 3 States That Score Higher Than a D+ in the Corruption Index?
The highest grade (the least corruption) goes to Alaska: C.
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The Power of Nightmares 2: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (BBC-2004)
Introducing the second part of the must-see series by Adam Curtis.
Read more...From G20 to Labour20
Labour20 set forth important goals not just for labor but for the economy and broader society. But does organized labor have the credibility to promote these aims?
Read more...The Power of Nightmares 1: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (BBC-2004)
An Adam Curtis documentary on the similarities between the politics of neo-conservatives, and the politics of Islamist radicals.
Read more...Angling for Dollars: A Review of Akerlof and Shiller’s Phishing for Phools
A fine stocking stuffer. And I’m not phishing!
Read more...Don Quijones: Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture
For the people of Mexico, the TPP could be the ultimate kick in the teeth. They have fought their own government, industry and some of the world’s largest, most powerful corporations tooth and nail to preserve their food sovereignty.
Read more...The REALLY ANNOYING Don’t-Wanna-Subsidize-Wealthy-Kids’-College-Tuition Canard
Yves here. Readers know I have a weakness for righteous rants…
Read more...On the Lack of Courage in Regulators
Robert Jenkins, a former banker, hedge fund manager, and regulator, points out that regulatory reform has fallen short on multiple fronts, and perhaps the most important is courage.
Read more...Microaggression and Macroexploitation
Microaggression, to have appeal and application outside the academy, can be usefully situated in a larger context, which I have labelled macroexploitation. Also, David Brooks.
Read more...Greed! Announcing Econ4 Video Contest
Announcing a contest with cash and prizes for the winners! And it’s to poke a stick in the eye of avarice! What’s not to like?
Read more...10 Economic Facts that Power the Sanders Insurgency
Why are so many drawn to the Sanders message? It’s because so many of us want to stop our entire society from crumbling beneath the destructive power of runaway inequality.
Read more...The Growing Intergenerational Divide in Europe
A review of pension reforms implemented by several countries In Europe, with and policy recommendations to address the intergenerational divide.
Read more...Wait: Maybe Europeans are as Rich as Americans
Many Europeans argue that when you adjust nominally higher American incomes for how much we spend from our own pockets on healthcare plus the longer hours we work, we aren’t better off.
Read more...The Future of Work and the Role of Climate Change
Consideration of climate change has been almost totally missing from discussions about the future of work. What happens when you include it?
Read more...Martin Wolf on the Low Labor Participation as the Result of the Crapification of Jobs
Why are more and more prime age people refusing to take jobs on offer?
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