tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54559126980537146452024-02-08T03:02:07.123-08:00nesssessidadessbARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comBlogger649125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-3479621124171389282015-04-06T02:55:00.001-07:002015-04-06T02:55:02.569-07:00Booked #3: What Exactly is Neoliberalism? | Dissent Magazine<a href="http://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/booked-3-what-exactly-is-neoliberalism-wendy-brown-undoing-the-demos">Booked #3: What Exactly is Neoliberalism? | Dissent Magazine</a>:<br /><br /> "Climate change, a crippled welfare state, the 2008 financial crisis, skyrocketing income inequality, political disappointments reaching back decades, terrible superhero movies grossing billions of dollars, and Tinder—these are just a few of the sins attributed to neoliberalism. But what exactly is neoliberalism? An economic doctrine? The revenge of capitalism’s ruling class? Or something even more insidious?<br />
Wendy Brown takes up these questions, and more, in her latest work, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution. A searching inquiry, the book is part historical study, part philosophical treatise, and part engaged polemic. <br /><br />Scholarship on neoliberalism is booming, but Undoing the Demos highlights a subject too often neglected: the political consequences of viewing the world as an enormous marketplace. Her conclusions are grim, but that makes grappling with them all the more urgent.<br />
—Timothy Shenk"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-58728300473588369322014-10-23T23:55:00.001-07:002014-10-23T23:55:31.173-07:00CUNY TV Special: Senator Elizabeth Warren and Paul Krugman in Conversation<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JKO5eIdjujM" width="480"></iframe>bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-65365662497330153072014-09-28T05:05:00.001-07:002014-09-28T05:05:30.111-07:00CEOs Make WAY More Than ANYBODY Thinks - YouTube<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQJ2cQqxcI">CEOs Make WAY More Than ANYBODY Thinks - YouTube</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fBQJ2cQqxcI" width="560"></iframe>"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-59799578893705200222014-08-02T11:13:00.001-07:002014-08-02T11:14:26.387-07:00Social Security: The Greatest Government Policy of All Time? - The Atlantic<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/375166/social-security-the-greatest-government-policy-of-all-time/">Social Security: The Greatest Government Policy of All Time? - The Atlantic</a>: ""<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://www.theatlantic.com/video/iframe/375166/" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="640"></iframe>bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-33711269633350686712014-07-06T09:56:00.001-07:002014-07-06T09:56:06.948-07:00Older employees stay in the workforce<a href="http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/2014/07/06/older-adults-keep-working/12189485/">Older employees stay in the workforce</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
""My decision to work isn't financial," said the 80-year-old Strohfus. "I've been here at McDonald's for seven years, and, sometimes, I think it's time to quit, but I don't work many hours and I really do enjoy it. My job is one where you need to be able to get along with people and talk to people and I enjoy doing those things.""<br /><br />
<br />bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-45596540080390909742014-06-30T04:10:00.001-07:002014-06-30T04:11:19.994-07:00Too Big to Jail: Confessions of a Goldman Sachs Brat - The Daily Beast<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18316438@N00/6327040171" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="goldman sachs" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="253" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6327040171_e1199fd02a_n.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center;">goldman sachs (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18316438@N00/6327040171" target="_blank">alyceobvious</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/26/too-big-to-jail-confessions-of-a-goldman-sachs-brat.html">Too Big to Jail: Confessions of a Goldman Sachs Brat - The Daily Beast</a>:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
"We might never have heard of Deeb Salem if he hadn’t sued Goldman over a too-small $8.25M bonus. But now we know how much they made betting against their customers—and got away with it."<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;">
<h4 class="zemanta-related-title">
Related articles</h4>
<ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;">
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://wonkette.com/552387/wall-street-douche-sues-goldman-sachs-because-8-million-bonus-was-too-small" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280262481_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://wonkette.com/552387/wall-street-douche-sues-goldman-sachs-because-8-million-bonus-was-too-small" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wall Street Douche Sues Goldman Sachs Because $8 Million Bonus Was Too Small</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/goldman-sachs-trader-upset-8-25-million-bonus-article-1.1836596" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/279940667_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/goldman-sachs-trader-upset-8-25-million-bonus-article-1.1836596" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Former Goldman Sachs trader upset at $8.25 million bonus</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://observer.com/2014/06/8-25-million-bonus-wasnt-enough-for-ex-goldman-sachs-trader/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/279960907_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://observer.com/2014/06/8-25-million-bonus-wasnt-enough-for-ex-goldman-sachs-trader/" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">$8.25 Million Bonus Wasn't Enough for Ex Goldman Sachs Trader</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="https://justlearningman.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/goldman-sachs-bankster-claims-8-million-not-enough-for-his-fraud/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280379533_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="https://justlearningman.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/goldman-sachs-bankster-claims-8-million-not-enough-for-his-fraud/" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Goldman Sachs bankster claims $8 million not enough for his fraud</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ex-goldman-trader-deeb-salem-bonus-case-2014-6" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/279831789_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ex-goldman-trader-deeb-salem-bonus-case-2014-6" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Young Ex-Goldman Trader Thinks His $8.25 Million Bonus Was Too Low</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/175190/morning-coffee-outrage-uber-competitive-ex-goldman-trader-banks-warped-definition-smart/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/279028836_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/175190/morning-coffee-outrage-uber-competitive-ex-goldman-trader-banks-warped-definition-smart/" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Morning Coffee: Outrage of the uber-competitive ex-Goldman trader. Banks' warped definition of 'smart'</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/188767/825m-bonus-was-too-small-ex-goldman-trader.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280139914_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/188767/825m-bonus-was-too-small-ex-goldman-trader.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">$8.25M Bonus Was Too Small: Ex-Goldman Trader</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://mooglemeow.blogspot.com/2014/06/former-goldman-sachs-trader-upset-at.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280177481_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://mooglemeow.blogspot.com/2014/06/former-goldman-sachs-trader-upset-at.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Former Goldman Sachs trader upset at $8.25M bonus, files suit seeking $16M more</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/06/19/ex-goldman-sachs-trader-says-his-8-25-million-bonus-was-not-enough/?mod=WSJBlog" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/279943421_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/06/19/ex-goldman-sachs-trader-says-his-8-25-million-bonus-was-not-enough/?mod=WSJBlog" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ex-Goldman Sachs trader says his $8.25 million bonus was not enough</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-27575541515339373702014-06-21T06:13:00.001-07:002014-06-21T06:14:37.716-07:00WikiLeaks Reveals Global Trade Deal Kept More Secret Than the Trans-Pacific Partnership<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37093296@N00/6718360105" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Wikileaks Van" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="212" src="http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7144/6718360105_273d72dc13_n.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center;">Wikileaks Van (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37093296@N00/6718360105" target="_blank">Chris Wieland</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/24486-wikileaks-tisa-global-trade-deal-kept-more-secret-than-the-trans-pacific-partnership">WikiLeaks Reveals Global Trade Deal Kept More Secret Than the Trans-Pacific Partnership</a>:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
""This agreement is all about making it easier for corporations to make profits and operate with impunity across borders," said PSI <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="General Secretary">General Secretary</a> Rosa Pavanelli in response to the leak. "The aim of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Public service">public services</a> should not be to make profits for large <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Multinational corporation">multinational corporations</a>. Ensuring that failed privatizations can never be reversed is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Free market">free-market</a> ideology gone mad.""<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;">
<h4 class="zemanta-related-title">
Related articles</h4>
<ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;">
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://johnhively.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/wikileaks-reveals-global-trade-deal-kept-more-secret-than-the-trans-pacific-partnership/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280151196_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://johnhively.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/wikileaks-reveals-global-trade-deal-kept-more-secret-than-the-trans-pacific-partnership/" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WikiLeaks Reveals Global Trade Deal Kept More Secret Than the Trans-Pacific Partnership</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://ultraculture.org/blog/2014/06/20/wikileaks-reveals-tisa-draft-global-financial-deregulation/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280155912_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://ultraculture.org/blog/2014/06/20/wikileaks-reveals-tisa-draft-global-financial-deregulation/" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WikiLeaks Reveals TISA Draft, Global Financial Deregulation</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/06/21/tsia-secret-trade-agreement-revealed-threatens-68-percent-of-world-services/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/280184641_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/06/21/tsia-secret-trade-agreement-revealed-threatens-68-percent-of-world-services/" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Secret Trade Agreement TISA Revealed: 'Threatens' 68 Percent Of World Services</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-34987540391227725392014-06-06T02:13:00.000-07:002014-06-06T02:13:00.160-07:00Race Relations: "The Brotherhood of Man" 1946 United Auto Workers Animated 11min - YouTube<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOjRMuuHHR4">Race Relations: "The Brotherhood of Man" 1946 United Auto Workers Animated 11min</a>:<br />
<br />
<br />
"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fOjRMuuHHR4" width="420"></iframe>"<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;">
</div>
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-58629153498420628002014-05-19T17:22:00.001-07:002014-05-19T17:22:54.105-07:00The 7 Things Every Guy Should Know About Suits - YouTube<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGZwSrQupnU">The 7 Things Every Guy Should Know About Suits - YouTube</a>: "<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/oGZwSrQupnU" width="560"></iframe>"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-27861655584274905562014-05-19T03:43:00.001-07:002014-05-19T03:43:36.467-07:00Trans-Pacific Partnership: Another Trade Liberalization Scam<a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23740-trans-pacific-partnership-another-trade-liberalization-scam">Trans-Pacific Partnership: Another Trade Liberalization Scam</a>: "The gathering pressure for Congress to "fast track" the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) demonstrates yet again that trade liberalization is one of the few aspects of economic policy about which there is agreement across the mainstream of the political spectrum, in both the United States and Europe. Almost all conservative commentators endorse it with gusto, for centrists it is an article of faith, and even many progressives accept it implicitly by their criticism of industrial country protection. "<br /><br />
<br />bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-62631216662675406112014-03-29T02:18:00.001-07:002014-03-29T02:18:29.841-07:00The pope, Obama and a former banker walk into a slum: does the 1% still win? | Chris Arnade | Comment is free | theguardian.com<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/27/pope-obama-income-inequality-1-percent-still-win">The pope, Obama and a former banker walk into a slum: does the 1% still win? | Chris Arnade | Comment is free | theguardian.com</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"The sharing-the-winnings part never happens. It certainly didn't happen prior to the crisis, and it didn't happen even as the American economy collapsed. The winners kept using their new wealth to further empower themselves. They did this by flooding the political system with money to stack the deck. Rather than invest in job-friendly projects, they moved production to places with the cheapest labor and the fewest regulations.<br />
<br />
When you bend the rules to favor the wealthy, they never give back."<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-8318399927475603752014-03-25T05:16:00.001-07:002014-03-25T05:16:29.802-07:00It's Ugly - YouTube<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er5K_JPlegs">It's Ugly - YouTube</a>: "<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/er5K_JPlegs" width="560"></iframe>"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br />bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-52798465666222345452014-03-21T23:12:00.001-07:002014-03-21T23:12:56.673-07:00Why Outsourcing is Bad for Business - YouTube<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7fsEIp2r_8">Why Outsourcing is Bad for Business - YouTube</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/V7fsEIp2r_8" width="560"></iframe>"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-15212310486152035032014-03-15T13:58:00.001-07:002014-03-15T13:58:55.274-07:00Let’s Take the Politics Out of the Minimum Wage by Indexing it to Inflation « Main Street<a href="http://blog.workingamerica.org/2014/03/14/lets-take-the-politics-out-of-the-minimum-wage-by-indexing-it-to-inflation/">Let’s Take the Politics Out of the Minimum Wage by Indexing it to Inflation « Main Street</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"Indexing the minimum wage to inflation is a common sense solution to the overwhelming majority of Minnesotans and has already proved to work well in other states. The state of Washington has the highest statewide minimum wage of $9.32 an hour, which has been indexed to inflation since 1998. Since then, Washington’s economy has not only decreased poverty, but it has created more jobs, including a 21 percent increase to the payrolls of restaurants and bars."<br /><br />
<br />bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-6810663485446073812014-03-08T04:00:00.001-08:002014-03-08T04:00:35.998-08:00Small Business Majority Report - Small Businesses Support Increasing the Minimum Wage to $10.10<a href="http://www.smallbusinessmajority.org/small-business-research/minimum-wage/small-business-support-increasing-minimum-wage.php">Small Business Majority Report - Small Businesses Support Increasing the Minimum Wage to $10.10</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"The majority of small business owners support increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour and adjusting it yearly to reflect the cost of living: <br />
57% of small business owners support increasing the federal minimum wage of $7.25 in three stages over two and a half years to $10.10, and believe that it should be adjusted annually to keep pace with the cost of living."bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-26465753834691290152014-02-09T06:46:00.001-08:002014-02-09T06:46:51.803-08:00Long-term Unemployment Benefit Cuts Hit Millions of Jobless in States – Stateline<a href="http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/states-see-record-high-long-term-joblessness-as-benefits-cut-85899537447">Long-term Unemployment Benefit Cuts Hit Millions of Jobless in States – Stateline</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"The expiration of benefits not only affects states’ unemployed workers, but their broader economies as well. The program sent more than $25.6 billion in entirely federal dollars to states in 2013, and varying estimates have said the expiration could cost as many as 300,000 jobs nationwide."<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'</a><br />
<br />
...ero.bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-42842610987904884412014-02-07T15:33:00.001-08:002014-02-07T15:33:22.089-08:00Worker Asks New CEO McMillon: Will You Pay Us Enough to Care for Our Families? • Making Change at Walmart<a href="http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/2014/02/06/worker-asks-new-ceo-mcmillon-will-you-pay-us-enough-to-care-for-our-families/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worker-asks-new-ceo-mcmillon-will-you-pay-us-enough-to-care-for-our-families">Worker Asks New CEO McMillon: Will You Pay Us Enough to Care for Our Families? • Making Change at Walmart</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"I’m a 26-year-old Walmart worker from Chicago, Illinois, and hope to be a minister one day. I work an average of 32 hours a week in the meat department at Walmart’s Lakeview Neighborhood Market in Chicago, which adds up to about $13,000 a year. As you can imagine, I struggle to make ends meet."<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br />bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-28126683225029455652014-02-05T06:05:00.001-08:002014-02-05T06:06:53.514-08:00Postal Service Banking: How the USPS Can Save Itself and Help the Poor | New Republic<a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116374/postal-service-banking-how-usps-can-save-itself-and-help-poor">Postal Service Banking: How the USPS Can Save Itself and Help the Poor | New Republic</a>:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
"Instead of partnering with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_lending" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Predatory lending">predatory lenders</a>, banks could partner with the USPS on a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Public health insurance option">public option</a>, not beholden to shareholder demands, which would treat customers more fairly. As the report says, “the Postal Service could greatly complement banks’ offerings,” and in turn help drive out of business some of the most crooked companies in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="United States">America</a>, while promoting savings and expanding credit for the poor."<br />
<br />
========================================================================<br />
<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1nT9rgF" target="_blank">What’s the policy</a>? Letting the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.usps.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="United States Postal Service">U.S. Postal Service</a> (USPS) offer basic banking services to customers, like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_account" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Savings account">savings accounts</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Debit card">debit cards</a> and even simple loans. The idea has been kicked around policy circles for years, but now it has a crucial new adherent: the USPS <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_General" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Inspector General">Inspector General</a>, who endorsed the initiative in a comprehensive white paper.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;">
<a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=0e967837-4802-486f-a9c4-047a4cee9623" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-55159437990383609692014-02-04T23:21:00.001-08:002014-02-04T23:21:55.634-08:00STOP THE FAST TRACK TRAIN<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XjvKu2ElDZo" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">please </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">take a moment to watch this very important video, then act. share with friends and family. our sovereignty is at stake, no exaggeration.</span>bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-50880741898511317162014-02-02T07:21:00.001-08:002014-02-02T07:21:57.557-08:00Goldman Deal Threatens Danish Government - NYTimes.com<a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/goldman-deal-threatens-danish-government/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Investment%20Banking&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0">Goldman Deal Threatens Danish Government - NYTimes.com</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"“It is quite an odd day in the Danish Parliament, considering one of the three parties that was in the government has left,” Benny Engelbrecht, a Social Democratic lawmaker, said in an interview. He said the departure of the Socialist People’s Party “was over a number of things, but inspired by this.”"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
==========================================================================<br /><br />
<div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1391353468621_5461" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">'That so many Danes have been aghast at the idea of<br />giving Goldman Sachs a prominent role in the<br />country's energy future reflects how far the damage<br />to the investment bank's reputation has spread<br />since the financial crisis.</div><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1391353468621_5481" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">'However much the financial world might envy<br />Goldman's trading prowess, many Danes see<br />Goldman as an emblem of an industry that helped<br />cause the crisis and then profited handsomely even<br />as much of the Continent still struggles to recover.</div><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1391353468621_5472" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">'Thousands of people have taken to the streets in<br />recent weeks to protest the deal; a prominent<br />banner featured the vampire squid that critics have<br />come to embrace as a symbol of Goldman Sachs.<br />Nearly 200,000 Danes signed an online petition<br />against the deal, a record.'</div><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1391353468621_5473" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Report on how Denmark gave the<br />global financial giant Goldman Sachs<br />the go-ahead Thursday to buy a stake<br />in its state utility, causing the<br />Socialist People's Party to withdrew<br />its ministers from the country's<br />governing coalition</div><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1391353468621_5478" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ksrgx3e" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1391353468621_5480" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">New York Times</a><br />January 31, 2014</div><br />bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-70099957620706292062014-02-02T07:08:00.001-08:002014-02-02T07:08:29.431-08:00Gates unmasks the real face of Davos | Red Pepper<a href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/gates-unmasks-the-real-face-of-davos/">Gates unmasks the real face of Davos | Red Pepper</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"Amongst other reasons, a big factor is tax avoidance, enabled by the financial liberalisation regime put into place over 30 years by the likes of those who attend Davos. According to the Financial Times: ‘some 94 per cent of Microsoft’s $81bn is now outside the US.’ <br />
<br />
So Gates doesn’t want a higher minimum wage denting the amount of wealth his company is able to avoid taxes on. "<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-53271884704689054812014-02-02T05:37:00.001-08:002014-02-02T05:37:30.579-08:00Inslee, lawmakers pushing to lift veil on pricing for health care | Local News | The Seattle Times<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022815455_acamedicalpricesxml.html">Inslee, lawmakers pushing to lift veil on pricing for health care | Local News | The Seattle Times</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"“We made a decision with the Affordable Care Act to use competition to control costs,” said Bob Crittenden, Inslee’s senior health-policy adviser. “Competition requires a number of things. You need enough information to make decisions, and we don’t have that right now.”"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
...ero.bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-68263954915615466052014-01-31T18:36:00.001-08:002014-01-31T18:36:37.869-08:00The Price is Wrong - YouTube<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eznuv7eLS_c">The Price is Wrong</a>: "<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eznuv7eLS_c" width="560"></iframe>"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
...ero.bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-76455764854787635752014-01-29T01:10:00.001-08:002014-01-29T01:11:18.448-08:00SOTU: Obama Calls for Action to Boosting Economic Mobility<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Verizonbldg-nov2005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="English: Verizon Building in New York City" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="471" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Verizonbldg-nov2005.jpg/350px-Verizonbldg-nov2005.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 350px;">English: Verizon Building in New York City (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Verizonbldg-nov2005.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="http://www.moneynews.com/economy/obama-economic-mobility-/2014/01/28/id/549593">SOTU: Obama Calls for Action to Boosting Economic Mobility</a>:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
"In all, the president announced a dozen actions that he said would help push against the economic forces that have left lower- and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Middle class">middle-income</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="United States">Americans</a> still struggling to recover from the worst recession in more than seven decades. He also said he’s enlisting companies, including <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.33182,-122.03118&spn=1.0,1.0&q=37.33182,-122.03118%20(Apple%20Inc.)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.verizon.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon Communications Inc.</a>, to help solve issues from expanding broadband in schools to hiring the long-term unemployed."<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
...ero.<br />
<div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;">
<h4 class="zemanta-related-title">
Related articles</h4>
<ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;">
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://oneinfiveconnecticut.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/poverty-and-income-inequality-sotu-word-count/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_11_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://oneinfiveconnecticut.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/poverty-and-income-inequality-sotu-word-count/" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Poverty and income inequality SOTU word count</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/obama-wants-action-on-economic-mobility-20140129-31mar.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/243293050_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/obama-wants-action-on-economic-mobility-20140129-31mar.html" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Obama wants action on economic mobility</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/sotu-obama-vows-to-act-wherever-and-whenever-he-can-1.264507" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/243268845_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/sotu-obama-vows-to-act-wherever-and-whenever-he-can-1.264507" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SOTU: Obama vows to act 'wherever and whenever' he can</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/obama-wants-action-on-economic-mobility/story-e6frfkui-1226813047719?from=public_rss" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/243290918_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/obama-wants-action-on-economic-mobility/story-e6frfkui-1226813047719?from=public_rss" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Obama wants action on economic mobility</a></li>
<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/01/29/obama-wants-action-economic-mobility" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/243287290_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/01/29/obama-wants-action-economic-mobility" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Obama wants action on economic mobility</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;">
<a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=cd6287d1-3eb1-4f82-a4ea-117487186d34" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>
bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455912698053714645.post-4395303299941521432014-01-26T09:42:00.001-08:002014-01-26T09:42:48.752-08:00▶ Health Care Coverage: Pay a Little to Save a Lot - YouTube<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhWgBxwJ98M">▶ Health Care Coverage: Pay a Little to Save a Lot</a>:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZhWgBxwJ98M" width="560"></iframe>"<br /><br />
<br /><br />
...ero.bARE-eYED sUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.com