The Real News Network December 21, 2011 Bob Pollin: Study looks at impact of 1.4 trillion in excess liquid asset holdings if put in productive investments More at The Real News
“Occupy” Actions Across the Country
November 18, 2011 By
The Real News Network November 18, 2011 In DC and other cities, demonstrators rally at bridges More at The Real News
Pushing Crisis: GOP Cries Wolf on Debt Ceiling in Order to Impose Radical Pro-Rich Agenda
July 23, 2011 By
Democracy Now! July 22, 2011 Michael Hudson, Democracy Now interview: “if they can create a $13 trillion on a computer keyboard, taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Federal Reserve can simply give this money, why can’t they, over 50 years, pay the trillion dollars for the Medicare and the Social Security? It’s—obviously, [...]
Lance Taylor Says the Crisis Once Again Proved the Relevance of Keynes’ Fundamental Insights
July 13, 2011 By
Insitute for New Economic Thinking Originally Posted, May 2011 Lance Taylor, author of the new book “Maynard’s Revenge: The Collapse of Free Market Macroeconomics,” in his new INET interview lays out Keynes’ key insights about uncertainty and how aggregate demand generates output and not the other way around.
Debt Ceiling Charade a Move to the Right
July 9, 2011 By
The Real News Network July 9, 2011 Michael Hudson: Panic about debt ceiling used to attack social programs; no real need for more borrowing More at The Real News Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at [...]
How Wall St Speculation Drives Up Gas Prices
July 7, 2011 By
The Real News Network July 7, 2011 Robert Pollin: From the price of food to gas at the pump, research shows how speculation raises price More at The Real News
Real Estate Saves Capitalism Then Bursts – China Next?
July 5, 2011 By
The Real News Network July 5, 2011 David Harvey: Chinese urbanization, construction and real estate speculation is saving global capitalism – will it burst as in the US? More at The Real News
