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While the MSM reports on the presidential horserace and the gaffes and scandals in its wake, the Occupy movement is staying focused on the issues by occupying the Iowa Caucuses: http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-caucus-occupy-iowa-be-first-nation-take-action/1325014726 In many other actions all over the country, the … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking this for years, but there is a new school of economists who think our prosperity should not be fueled by ever-expanding consumption: http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-shop-til-you-drop-mentality-renegade-band-economists-call-degrowth-economy/1324836174

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/opinion/nocera-the-big-lie.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share Yes, Fannie and Freddie share some of the blame for the subprime mortgage crisis, but their role has been greatly distorted for ideological reasons.  

Merry Christmas! Picture by The Other 98%

From the Maddow Blog: http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/21/9612512-chart-the-sweat-of-your-brow

Robert Reich always nails it. The problem is not big government, it’s big money’s influence on goverment, period. He gives example after example of this in this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-defining-issue-not-go_b_1159294.html

Yet another reason I support the Occupy movement. Let’s keep doing this! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/19/occupy-atlanta-saves-iraq-veterans-home-from-foreclosure_n_1158097.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Unless there is a dramatic intervention, labor unions in America will lose what remains of their power on 1/1/2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/opinion/crippling-the-right-to-organize.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

This is a really good Introduction to the legislation passed in the first hundred days of the FDR administration. First up was the banking crisis. The day after he was inaugurated, FDR declared a banking holiday to stop the run on the banks … Continue reading →

60 Minutes will air a segment tonight on how the housing crisis decimated whole  neighborhoods in Cleveland. There is plenty of blame to go around – Wall Street greed, lax regulation, ill-conceived goverment policies  and middle class house flippers, to … Continue reading →