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It’s Their World, We just Live In It
The Federal Government and 49 States have agreed to a tentative settlement with the five largest banks for their robo-signing practices. While we still don’t know all the details, one thing has become clear–we officially have a bifurcated rule of … Continue reading
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Izzy
If there is a north star for this blog, it has to be the iconoclastic investigative reporter, I.F. (Izzy) Stone, with his independent newsletter–I.F. Stone’s Weekly. Using this weekly newsletter, started in 1953, Stone campaigned against the Cold War, McCarthyism, racial … Continue reading
March to War
As we march towards war with Iran, with one alarming news story after another, it is useful to turn our attention to some recent history. Ten years ago the neo-cons stampeded the US into a disasterous war with Iraq, using … Continue reading
Serfs Up
Friedrich von Hayek postulated, famously, that state planning and the welfare state would lead inexorably down a Road to Serfdom. However, things just didn’t work out the way he imagined. It is darkly ironic that the political and economic policies Hayek … Continue reading
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Tagged Friedrich von Hayek, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, Road to Serfdom
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“Free Trade”
Been having a back and forth with a friend over the issue of off-shoring by US corporations. I recently sent him an article in Naked Capitalism about why Apple manufactures the I-Phone in China. As to his arguments. He claims that China … Continue reading
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Tagged comparative advantage, David Ricardo, Francis Fukuyama, free trade, off-shoring
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Hoax
“They’re here.” Just like the evil spirits in the movie Poltergeist, our very own group of malevolent legislators is back to shock, terrorize and dismay with their antics up the hill at the State House. Utah State Legislators are back for … Continue reading
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Looting
Now that the Republican candidates for president have accused front runner Mitt Romney of practicing “vulture capitalism,” I thought I would share a story. I had a conversation with a client a couple years ago about what he did for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, George Romney, Mitt Romney, Rick Perlstein
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Springtime
The spousal unit and I watched the Producers last night. It was very funny, but wanted to update their catchy little musical number to comport to our modern milieu. Springtime for Merkel and Germany. Austerity for Greece and France. Sing … Continue reading
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How Liberalism Came to Suck
I set out to write a very short post on the fascinating conversations going through the inter-tubes about the support on the left for Ron Paul. While this support may be due to his opposition to endless war, torture, assassination … Continue reading
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Tagged Corey Robin, Glen Greeenwald, liberalism, Matt Stoller, New Deal, Ron Paul
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