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“Financial: A primer” helped me understand what financialization [...]

Post by dhanhab | May 22nd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Retail Therapy Ending in America?

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It was hard to find articles [...]

Post by dhanhab | May 22nd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Musings on Structural Challenges to the Financial System

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I read my article from Naked [...]

Post by dhanhab | April 26th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Actually, “It’s the System, Stupid” by Rick Wolff

 
 
This article was found on the Radical Perspectives website.When reading this article by Rick Wolff there is one ongoing central idea. The capitalist class structure of system is the blame for our current economic problems. This article is very straightforward. The first line of the article reads “At the capitalist system’s core lies its central [...]

Post by dhanhab | March 1st, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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  • Links 11/22/09 November 22, 2009
    Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair Times Online Economists: Wrong Again Michael Panzner The illusion of improving global imbalances Richard Baldwin and Daria Taglioni, VoxEU (hat tip reader Don B) Unemployment rates rise in 29 states CNN (hat tip reader John D) Wall St. Finds Profits Again, Now by Reducing Mortgages Louise [...] […]
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    Apologies for absence of links! Hope to be back to closer to usual programming early next week. […]
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  • Stop the madness now! November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. A reader at Naked Capitalism asked us to respond to a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor asking Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? Marshall Auerback has already done some heavy lifting – and taken all of the heat in the comments. He says emphatically yes. Now [...] […]
    Edward Harrison
  • Dodd: Bernanke Confirmation “Not Necessarily” a Foregone Conclusion November 20, 2009
    This clip is from an interview with blogger Mike Stark. Apologies for the poor sound quality. While Dodd indicates that he is “inclined to be supportive” of Bernanke, he is surprisingly cautious about making a broader statement, a sign of a shift in sentiment. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Ivy Zelman: “Home prices are going back down” November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Yves is stuffed again today, so I am going to post at least once or twice. Hopefully, we will also see something from Jesse or George as well. This is a post I wrote overnight about rising delinquencies and shadow housing inventory. I am not convinced house prices [...] […]
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