Category Archives: Economics and the like

The Most Useful Economic Stimulus Is Aimed At The Bottom

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Ampersand

From Ethan Pollack, at the Economic Policy Institute: As money is spent, it creates beneficial ripples through the entire economy. The evidence is that most of the money from the recent tax rebate was saved rather than spent, thus blunting … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 8 Comments

Of Course

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

I really haven’t understood why the right is freaking out about Obama being a socialist/communist/redistributionist. After all, Obama is talking about doing crazy socialist things like taking your money and using it to build schools in poor areas to better … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Race, racism and related issues | 5 Comments

No, that's not a response

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ampersand

EconomistMom, who I’ve linked positively in the past, introduces a guest post: Here is a post by DirectorDad in response to a Dean Baker critique of the movie “I.O.U.S.A.” that recently appeared on Huffington Post: But what follows isn’t a … Continue reading →

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McCain can't use a computer because he's disabled

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Kay Olson

Hiya everyone! Remember me? I haven’t been blogging much in past months — just rather random posts at my own blog — but I’m hoping to get back to writing and participating here again. Starting with this latest, crossposted. About … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues, Economics and the like, Elections and politics | 9 Comments

Cartoon: Free Market Man in "Health Care Adventure"

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Ampersand

As some will remember, I used to have an archive of my political cartoons on Z Magazine, but for some reason Z nuked that portion of their website earlier this year. So I’ve made a new archive, which is located … Continue reading →

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Wheeeeeeeeee!

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

One year ago, the Dow hit 14,164.53, its all-time high. Since then, the Dow has shed 5566.39, 39.3 percent of its value. Today, it dropped 678.91 points, falling to 8579.19. It’s now down 2099.09 from the day George W. Bush … Continue reading →

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Bankers of the World, Unite!

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

So, we’re nationalizing the banks: Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Libertarianism | 3 Comments

"A steaming pile of hot slapping assests!"

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Stephen Colbert explains to Stephen Colbert why Wall Street needs a SupercalifragilisticexpealiZillion dollar bailout.

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What Caused the Financial Meltdown?

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Myca

A few common talking points of the right in recent days are that: 1) The efforts of the left to occasionally let poor people (Some of whom were probably black, can you imagine?) buy some homes is a big part … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 32 Comments

Green Party Candidate Cynthia McKinney On The Financial Crisis

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Ampersand

[Quoted from the Dollars and Sense blog. I’m posting this because I agree with much of it, and also because it shows how completely cut off the mainstream debate is; we here center-left, center-right and right-wing solutions, but left-wing solutions … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Elections and politics | 28 Comments