t r u t h o u t | Just Say “No” to the Credit Rating Agencies Gerald Epstein, Professor of Economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) argues that Credit Rating…
Monthly Archives For March 2009
David Harvey Interviewed on New York Public Radio
David Harvey Interviewed on New York Public Radio An interview with David Harvey in which he answers questions from the public. The only two calls that the show receives though are quite typical of what…
Absurd and cynical abuse of powers – Fintan O'Toole
Absurd and cynical abuse of powers – Fintan O’Toole Fintan on the hypocrisy of picturegate and calls for heads to roll: “Can anyone tell us why this alleged crime was so thoroughly investigated while it…
Purification rites – India and Israel
Purification rites – India and Israel India and Israel started out as formally democratic and economically left-wing. A mere decade separates their political transformations, when hardline right-wing groups long deemed marginal – the Likud in…
The Elasticity of Demand | RP on the Political Economy of the Wire
The Elasticity of Demand | RP on the Political Economy of the Wire Interesting political reading of the Wire: “The activities of pushing and policing in The Wire mark out a territory that is divided,…
Stimulus for Development
Over on the progressive-economy@tasc blog Sean O’Riain, Professor of Sociology in NUI, Maynooth has published perhaps one of the most significant pieces of commentary on the Irish economy in the run up to the April…
March 30th Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
Labour is quickly approaching a crossroads. It is seemingly torn in two directions: a new stimulus strategy that prioritises rising unemployment and declining economic activity; or an accommodation with the orthodoxy, compromising within parameters laid…
Saying the right thing at the right time? …Eamon Gilmore’s speech.
One of the major problems of political life in this age where everything is available almost at an instant is the sense of familiarity, even dullness, of policy proposals. Take, for example, the idea of…
Zardoz by Fredric Jameson
Zardoz by Fredric Jameson Via Infinite Thought, Fredric Jameson’s first published piece on film was about the film Zardoz – with the big stone head and Sean Connery running around in a very scary red…
March 27th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
A good friend made a bet with me in January. He wagered the economy would contract by 10 percent or more by the end of the year. I gladly took the bet. But he rang…
Drowning the Good Guys and Gals
This analysis of our interview with Harry Browne is not a critique of his journalism but rather of the coercive effect on him of the professional, corporate media environment as it seemed evident during the…
Interview with Harry Browne
An interview by Miriam Cotton of Media Bite with the journalist, activist and lecturer Harry Browne, who is also the author of the recently published book ‘Hammered by the Irish’ (Counterpunch and AK Press), also…
Daniel Finn, "The State of Iraq: An Interview with Patrick Cockburn"
Daniel Finn, “The State of Iraq: An Interview with Patrick Cockburn” Irish Left Review makes it in to the pages of MR Zine, the blog for the excellent left wing publication Monthly Review.
March 25th Evening: The Recession Diaries
Sinn Fein has produced a substantial and positive contribution to the debate on creating and saving jobs in our recessionary economy. ‘Getting Ireland Back to Work’ contains more than 80 proposals covering a range of…
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