Tax Revolt!
Having a European background, we’re somewhat bemused by the apocalyptic terms the tax debate is often expressed in in the US. Any increase in Federal taxing and spending is met […]
Silent takeover
A couple of weeks ago we featured a really excellent article (actually, it’s one of the best you’ll read this year, we’re sure) by former chief economist of the IMF, […]
Big finance still capturing politics
We featured a story by a former chief economist of the IMF that we consider one of the best (if not the best) about the credit crisis and political economy […]
Towards a black swan-proof world
Creative thinking based on evolutionary principles from the author of The Black Swan, a timely (and entertaining) book about once in a lifetime risks that because of the catastrophic results […]
Printing money and the inflationary risk
e, of all people, understand that you all want to read about InterOil, however, there is more happening in the world, and former chief economist of the IMF Simon Johnson […]
Government captured by big finance
We had earlier articles about the links between US government and big finance, but this disconcerting one comes not from some conspiracy theorist but from someone who should really know, […]
Even Obama is in the grips of market fundamentalism
Paul, once again, is absolutely spot on..
The big takeover
At the minimum, it’s an interesting, even compelling read.. It also touches on our theme of the harm unregulated capitalism has done, but it goes much further.. And in doing […]
Could Krugman be wrong?
This is actually a case where we hope so, but Brad DeLong, himself a respectable economics professor and Krugman admirer seems to think Krugman is too critical of the Geithner […]
Is the political system captured by big finance?
For a year, we’ve argued that sloppy or downright bad regulation, brought by what we called market fundamentalism (the belief that markets regulate themselves) has been the mayor reason behind […]