GOP Social Security – the Phasing Out
Katie Porter on Social Security. Can you spare a bit more than three minutes? Three of the many Republicans who are absolutely not for the People. Social Security & the Debt Limit, Angry Bear, Bruce Webb.
Katie Porter on Social Security. Can you spare a bit more than three minutes? Three of the many Republicans who are absolutely not for the People. Social Security & the Debt Limit, Angry Bear, Bruce Webb.
Via Diane Ravitch’s blog comes this note and bio to watch Dr. Fenwick livestream presentation. I am pointing to her work as somebody worth a look. Living with Histories That We Do Not Know with Leslie Fenwick Tuesday, April 11, 4 p.m. ET Dr. Fenwick will draw on her sustained contribution to education policy research and groundbreaking […]
Open thread March 14, 2023, Angry Bear, (angrybearblog.com)
by Joseph Joyce The IMF’s Position in a Fragmented Global Economy Ten years ago Cambridge University Press published my book, The IMF and Global Financial crises: Phoenix Rising? I had written a series of journal papers on the IMF and used the format of a book to summarize what I had learned about the Fund. I also […]
The NYT addresses the increasing use of child labor in the US (the link allows access to the article whether you have a subscription or not): Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit […]
Open thread March 7, 2023, Angry Bear, angrybearblog.com
This NYT story just dredges up the stories we would read and hear in the fifties and sixties. Popular song when I was hanging around the coffee houses then. No Starbucks then or laptops. If the song was of your ilk. Arriving in record numbers, the children escaping other countries are ending up in jobs […]
Open Thread March 3, 2023, Angry Bear, angrybearblog.com
by David Zetland (originally published at The one-handed economist) Don’t take water for granted In his 1987 hit, “Diamonds on the soul of her shoes“, Paul Simon sings: She said, “You’ve taken me for grantedBecause I please youWearing these diamonds” This lyric, although a bit paradoxical, has always resonated with me, and I’ve applied it […]
Open thread Feb. 21, 2023 – Angry Bear (angrybearblog.com)