Washington, D.C. – Economic austerity is a dangerous, self-defeating intellectual fad. Perhaps I should say that’s what it was, given Sunday’s election results in Europe. Perhaps I should also say good riddance. Voters in France, Greece and even Germany — a hotbed of the austerity cult — told their political [...]
Karl Marx argued that in any society, those in charge have the power to propagandise their worldview [GALLO/GETTY] New Haven, CT - Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he nevertheless understood the country, because he understood capitalism. As you know, there’s no American ideology that’s mightier than capitalism. Equality, justice and the rule of [...]
Afghans are not just protesting burned books, but the fact that they were burned by a foreign army [Reuters] New York, NY - Book burning seems to be making history once again. The inadvertent and partial incineration of some Qurans by a US-Afghan labour detail at Bagram ignited a web of action, from Kabul to the [...]
Why Defense Debates Are Unbalanced THE SKEPTICS |More Benjamin H. Friedman | November 8, 2011 A reporter asked me the other day why my side of the military budget debate—for slashing spending—has been quiet lately. Given that I have been spending too much time making such arguments, I was slightly annoyed. The conversation was a [...]
Why Are Politicians Running from Economic Reality into Tea Party Fantasy Land? Just three years ago, President Obama was an unapologetic Keynesian. Now, he’s jumped on the deficit hysteria bandwagon. September 5, 2011 | In 2008 America elected as its president not only an African-American but an unapologetic Keynesian. In his inaugural address Barack [...]
Donald Trump bows out of 2012 US presidential election race US mogul formally announces he will not seek the Republican nomination, claiming he is ‘not ready to leave the private sector’ Share526 Comments (120) Ewen MacAskill in Washington guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 May 2011 19.35 BST Article history Donald Trump. ‘I maintain the strong conviction [...]
