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Tag Archives: financial crisis
Broken promises: Ireland’s 2010 Budget exploits the vulnerable
That the Government has spent €4 bn on the putrid, festering sore that is Anglo Irish Bank was not mentioned.
Posted in Business World, Current Affairs, europe, politics Also tagged ireland, mór rígan Leave a comment
On work: the peculiar state of the U.S. labor market, and more
“You should be grateful to have the job,” we hear, and we don't complain.
Joe Coleman: Ireland’s convenient new visionary
Nothing like a recession to increase mass attendance and the attempted spinning of supernatural phenomena.
Posted in Religion, Society, christianity Also tagged catholicism, ireland, joe coleman, mór rígan 3 Comments
Fortuño’s plans fought: lessons from protest in Puerto Rico
On what planet would driving unemployment to shouting distance of 20 percent “fix” the problem?
Life, Inc.: an interview with Douglas Rushkoff
"I'm trying to show people that I'm not asking them to live an ascetic life of renunciation and denial, but actually a much more abundant life of fun and pleasure."
Posted in Business World, books, politics Also tagged douglas rushkoff, interview, sarah jaffe 3 Comments
Re-thinking the Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Susan Feiner
Do we want to create lots of private economic wealth, or are we actually trying to get at a measure of social wealth as embodied in parks, orchestras, clean transport, libraries, schools?
Posted in Business World, Current Affairs, academia, banks, north america Also tagged sarah jaffe Leave a comment
The EFCA: Truth and Fiction
The union movement in the U.S. has been shrinking since the 1970s. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12.4% of American workers are unionized.
The big scary question of bank nationalization
So why, if nationalizing the banks in this way isn't a particularly socialist way to do things, hasn't Obama's economic team already done so?
Anger at AIG is boiling over
Executives and government officials should take note of the public anger. No longer are huge bonuses the stuff of aspiration and dreams. They're evoking anger.
Posted in Business World, Current Affairs, money, north america, politics Also tagged sarah jaffe 7 Comments
European art & the financial crisis: yes, it matters