Link to a news segment:
“Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on the Board of Top Science Museums? Letter Urges Cutting of Ties”
Tag: Economics
John Williams – Unemployment Charts
Link to a chart from Shadowstats detailing current unemployment in the United States:
“Alternate Unemployment Charts” (at this writing, 23%, as compared to the widely-reported 5.5% “official” number)
Bonus link: “Response to BLS Article on CPI Misconceptions”
Nick Hanauer – Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy
Link to an article by Nick Hanauer:
“Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy”
Bonus link: “Billionaire Hanauer Hammers Stock Buybacks”
David Alexandre – Can the EU be Reformed?
Link to an article by David Alexandre:
Sean Monahan – Reading Paine From the Left
Link to an article by Sean Monahan:
Jörg Wiegratz – Bankers Have a Moral Compass, It Just May Not Look Like Yours
Link to an article by Jörg Wiegratz:
“Bankers Have a Moral Compass, It Just May Not Look Like Yours”
Japhy Wilson – Counting on Billionaires
Link to an article by Japhy Wilson:
Guy Standing – Taskers: The Precariat in the On-Demand Economy (Part One)
Link to an article by Guy Standing:
“Taskers: The Precariat in the On-Demand Economy (Part One)”
Bonus Link: “We’re All Precarious Now”
It is worth being highly skeptical of Standing’s theories as a whole.
Slavoj Žižek – A Note on Syriza: Indebted Yes, but Not Guilty!
Link to an article by Slavoj Žižek:
“A Note on Syriza: Indebted Yes, but Not Guilty!”
Bonus links: “The Greek Debt Interim Agreement: Necessary Step or Sell-Out?,” “Greece: Austerity for the Bankers,” “The Democratic Right to Cry ‘Enough’” and “Reading the Greek Deal Correctly” and “Greece: a Chronology From January 25, 2015 to 2019”
Jonathan Cook – Peter Oborne Opens a Media Can of Worms
Link to an article by Jonathan Cook: