The global financial crisis and the poor in the U.S.
Apologies to Lane Vanderslice for my delay on linking this editorial, but it remains of interest today: http://worldh
For Giovanni Arrighi (1937-2009)
by Salimah Valiani A good friend in New York City from Latin American circles, then a good friend from African solidarit
Call for Papers, URPE Summer Conference, August 15 – 18, 2009
For more information about the Summer Conference program, fees, transportation, etc., click here and then click on t
FROM MIKE MEEROPOL: WHY RADICAL REFORMS
This is the report of a panel discussion in the Left Forum chaired by Mike Meeropol. Enjoy! * * * WHY SHOULD RADICAL
From Nora Hamilton (via Scott Carter) on Academic Freedom: Charges against William Robinson
Dear Colleagues, As some of you may know, the University of California, Santa Barbara, has brought charges against one
Articles on the state of the global economy
Here’s collected in a web page links to an array of interesting articles on the current state of the global econom
The Onset Of Great Depression II
The Onset of the Great Depression II: Conceptualizing the Crisis by David Laibman* [Note: This text will appear in the &
Michael D. Yates' blog
Michael D. Yates’ travel (b)log is back online: http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/
Call for Panels at Left Forum
Dear URPE Members, The 2009 Left Forum (http://www.leftforum.org/) will take place April 17-19 at Pace University, O
Reading Keynes
Marginal Revolution just started a Keynes’ General Theory book reading club. Complementing this, Brad deLon
Republic workers occupy factory
Laid off workers peer through the doors of the their abruptly shuttered factory where they staged a sit-in on December 5
A Jobs Program for the U.S. in 2009
Ron Baiman’s paper, “A Jobs Program for the U.S. in 2009” can be read at: http://docs.google.com/
Damon Silvers on labor law and the crisis
…To grasp what needs to be changed, it is necessary to review the thirty years of policy that got the United States
Leo Panitch on democratic public finance
First let’s be clear about capitalism – and with it the character of the state under capitalism. There is a conven
On the crisis
Michael Perelman’s talk at the San Francisco Peace & Freedom Party on the economic crisis can be directly pl
On the crisis and its political dimensions
Introducing URPE's Blog Hub
With so much at stake, the U.S. political transition and the global economic crisis are inciting a renewed and palpable