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Naked Capitalism, April 22, 2012. Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Aurora Advisors Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Research Associate Michael Hudson looks at the disconnect between the enormous productivity gains in the postwar era and the failed promise of a leisure economy. The full post is available here.

The Real News Network, April 5, 2012. All original content copyright © The Real News Network. In an interview with TRNN’s Paul Jay, Senior Scholar James K. Galbraith offers a solution to boosting demand: raise the minimum wage. Full video and a transcript of the interview are available here.

The Globe and Mail, March 26, 2012. © Copyright 2012 The Globe and Mail Inc. All Rights Reserved. Remember Greece? The financial crisis there might be dimming in the minds of many investors ever since the euro zone found the necessary money to bail out the country and creditors agreed to a debt restructuring. However, […]

Kathimerini, March 18, 2012. © 2012 H KAΘHMEPINH All rights reserved. Οι διαπραγματεύσεις για το δεύτερο πακέτο διάσωσης και την αναδιάρθρωση του ελληνικού χρέους επιτέλους ολοκληρώθηκαν. Η καθυστέρηση είχε ως αποτέλεσμα να γίνουν ακόμη πιο οδυνηρές οι περικοπές μισθών, δαπανών και συντάξεων. Στο μεταξύ, οι ηγεσίες του ΔΝΤ, της ΕΚΤ και της Ε. Ε. έχουν […]

Naked Capitalism, February 28, 2012. Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Aurora Advisors Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. I have just returned from Rimini, Italy, where I experienced one of the most amazing spectacles of my academic life. Four of us associated with the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) were invited to […]