Category Archives: 2011

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/15/18836655.php Against denunciation of the welfare state by Rudolf Walther [This article published on 9/4/2020 is translated from the German on the Internet.] No economist is so misunderstood and misinterpreted as Adam Smith. Many consider him to be an advocate … Continue reading →

Beware of hypocrites, con men, chronic liars, xenophobes, homophobes, and misanthropes who clean the outside of the cup and leave the inside filthy, who wear long robes and race for the front seats, who see the speck in others’ eyes … Continue reading →

Happy Anti-War Day Sept 1, 2020!Peace is not everything but without peace, everything is nothing (Willy Brandt)The German Basic Law mentioned in this article is equivalent to our constitution.

Reducing working hours is a socio-economic investment that often brings better long-term health and more time sovereignty. A three-day or four-day workweek is the only way to ensure meaningful work to the rising generation. State or public employment is necessary … Continue reading →

The library should be hiring additional staff to redress the unemployment and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus! Here is a letter I sent to http://savelibrarystaff.org: Public investment often seems to be the elephant in the room. The state should intervene … Continue reading →

You can waste 44 years in the Senate in public service and then cry the police are underfunded. That was Biden’s new theme yesterday to grab the police fanatic title from Trump. In truth, as Robert Reich reported, American taxpayers … Continue reading →

The appointment of Kamala Harris as Biden’s vice candidate is now the result of the Democratic establishment’s pathological fear of anything that could even begin to smell left. The cause of this pathology lies in the historical shift to the … Continue reading →

by Johann Bacher, Dennis Tamesberger and the Austrian blog awblog.at The Youth Guarantee could create an entry-level job market in the public or non-profit sector – in other words, jobs that serve the common good. It is the austerity policy … Continue reading →

Neoliberalism must be pronounced dead and buried. Where next?by Joseph Stiglitz, 5/30/2019 “Standard economics is wrong. Inequality and unearned income kill the economy. It is time to rewrite the rules of capitalism. This is a flawed, unfair system that socializes … Continue reading →

The contrast between the EU and the US in COVID financing could hardly be greater. McDonald’s operators, Marathon Oil (over $400 million), Exxon, Chevron and Sea World received relief and will reduce their future tax payments. Tax gifts characterize the … Continue reading →