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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Americans Love the French . . . President

I wonder whether The Jogger took the friendly advice to eat at the Wolfetrap and of course "East of Suez." What thoughtful suggestions!
Posted by Chris Newfield at 1:05 AM

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Articles of Special Interest

  • 2000s: The Big Zero (Krugman, NYT Dec 28, 2009)
  • America's Misguided Culture of Overwork
  • Anti-Establishment Sentiment Everywhere (Greenwald 5/19/10)
  • Austerity as Imperial Decline (Greenwald April 21, 2011)
  • Austerity Supporting Privilege (Calitics June 2010)
  • Bankers Huge Bonues: Obama Says Yes We Can (Hamsher 4/9/09
  • Battling Stupid (Calitics Dec 23 09)
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  • Billionaires Tightening Your Belt (Dean Baker 4/28/10)
  • Boomers Bummed Out Bigtime (Pew Poll 12/10)
  • Britian Is Burning (Oct 20 2010)
  • Bubble Crash Bubble Crash is the Fed's Deliberate Policy (Hussman 11/8/10)
  • CEOs: America's Most Ridiculously Overpaid (Mother Jones April 2011)
  • Class War Concepts in Krugman (3/14/11)
  • Clusterfu*k to the Poor House (Jon Stewart)
  • Collapsing Empire Watch (Greenwald 10/10)
  • Corporate Profits Going UP UP UP (Huffpo 10/4/10)
  • Courage of the Present (Next Communist Hypothesis) Badiou 2/10
  • Creative Class is a Lie (Salon 10/1/11)
  • Crises of Capitalism (David Harvey, with Animation)
  • Defeatism (Krugman 9/30/11)
  • Donor Names Remain Secret as Rules Shift (NYT 9/20/10)
  • Exposed to Facts, the Misinformed Believe Lies more Strongly (FDG 7/12/10)
  • Financialization and the Real Economy (Good Income Charts) HuffPo 5/3/10
  • Foreclosure Crisis Explained (Jon Stewart 10/7)
  • Grip of Corporatism (Greenwald, Salon Dec 18 2009)
  • How The Great Recession Has Changed America (Pew 7/7/10)
  • Humans are Too Stupid to Prevent Climate Change (Guardian March 30, 2010)
  • Inequality Up, Mobility Down (Pew, Feb 2008)
  • Inequality Way Up, Employment Levels Down (Johnson Oct 2010)
  • Investors Aren't Very Bright (Financial Armageddon 7/6/10)
  • It's Not the 1990s Anymore, Stupid (Cruickshank, FDL Dec 27, 2009)
  • NeoFeudalism Comes to Health Care (Empty Wheel Dec 15, 2009)
  • Obama Admin in Two Headlines (Greenwald June 13, 2011
  • Progressive Gov Ended Forever (Dayan Nov 11 2010)
  • Social Security: 1980s History and Tax the Rich
  • Suicide by Regressivism (5/2/10)
  • SuperRich Win Class War (Masaccio, 3/31/10)
  • TARP is Gone, but Risk Remains (Simon Johnson, 10/10)
  • TARP is Gone, but Risk Remains (Simon Johnson, 10/10)
  • Tea Bag Republicanomics (Tom Hall 10/8/10
  • The Currrent Crisis Explained (David Harvey, with Animation)
  • The Destruction of Economic Facts (de Soto, BW 4/11)
  • The Great American Stickup (Robert Scheer Sept 10)
  • The Great Unraveling Comes to California (Calitics 2/21/10
  • The Quiet Coup (Simon Johnson, The Atlantic, April 2009)
  • The Working Rich and the Rest of Us (Reuters 1/26/11)
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  • Why Do We Keep Repeating History's Mistakes? (David Sirota 8/20/10)
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  • Your Health INsurance Premimums = My Net Worth (Wellpoint)

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  • Economics of Contempt
  • Inequalities Blog
  • Inequality.org
  • LBO's Doug Henwood's Blog
  • Left Business Observer
  • Matt Taibbi at True Slant
  • Megan McArdle's Atlantic Blog
  • Naked Capitalism
  • Penny Red
  • Robert Reich's Blog
  • Virtual Politik

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