What Obama Needs To Do | The Big Money Jeffrey Sachs on a stimulus plan for America that is similar to what Michael Taft is proposing on ILR at the moment: "Our macroeconomic problems require…
Monthly Archives For November 2008
Towards a New Economic Narrative
Crisis? It’s baby-crunching time. We no longer have the luxury of attacking others’ prescriptions – those issued by the Government, employers’ spokespersons and stockbroker economists. The proverbial punter at the bar is impatient: ‘So what’s…
Book Review: Muqtada by Patrick Cockburn
One of the secret weapons of the occupation forces in Iraq has been the sheer danger of reporting on the conflict. The occupiers themselves have attacked the local offices of Al-Jazeera, the broadcaster with the…
The Public Reaction of Sympathy and Outrage at the Killing of Shane Geoghan
The public reaction of profound sympathy and outrage at the killing of Shane Geoghegan, by a killer or killers involved in a bloody feud between drug-dealing gangs in Limerick, is totally justified. Shane Geoghegan was…
The Oil Crunch | Business | The Guardian
The Oil Crunch | Business | The Guardian "The energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency, is warning for the first time that oil output could pass its peak as power shifts from "super-majors" to national…
November 14th Evening: The Recession Diaries
Some on the Left are trying to put a brave face on the Irish Times poll today. ‘Consolidating’ support at 14 percent is one rationalisation. Another is that the Labour leader has the highest satisfaction…
Gavyn Davies: Deflation is now a more serious threat than inflation |
Gavyn Davies: Deflation is now a more serious threat than inflation | Yet another thoughtful piece which shows just how adrift mainstream political and economic thinking in Ireland is from the ideas being touted to…
The Iraq Math War
The Iraq Math War This Mother Jones article tells the story of Les Roberts and Gilbert Burnham whose Iraq Mortality Survey was published in the Lancet in 2004. The article notes that since the White…
James Wood: Victory Speech
James Wood: Victory Speech James Wood waxing lyrical about Obama's victory speech; 'a good night out for the English language.'
What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been Bill Ayers' account of his cameo role in the US elections just past. It tallies pretty accurately with Obama's.
ILR Podcast: Interview with Dr. Paul O’Mahony
For ILR’s first podcast, we interviewed the leading progressive criminologist Dr. Paul O’Mahony. The interview covered a range of topics including the way in which the popular media shapes public perceptions of – and political…
Mike Davis | Casino Capitalism, Obama, and Us
Mike Davis | Casino Capitalism, Obama, and Us "Let me confess that, as an aging socialist, I suddenly find myself like the Jehovah's Witness who opens his window to see the stars actually falling out…
November 7th Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
Maybe I’m getting paranoid but I can’t help feeling that we’re being primed to blame the incoming Obama administration if our inflow of foreign investment starts drying up, resulting in massive dislocations in our economy. …
Rick Wolff, "Policies to "Avoid" Economic Crises"
Rick Wolff, “Policies to “Avoid” Economic Crises” While conservative and liberal policies do little to solve crises, the debate between them has largely succeeded in excluding anti-capitalist analyses of economic crises from public discussion.
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