by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter Richard Abrams: debunking free marketarianism I’ve often written here about the problems of the naive, black-or-white view of economics that has been fostered by…

…themselves. In fact, the push for the last four decades (dating from Reagan’s swearing in) has been the opposite–to change America’s system of tempered capitalism to one of no-holds-barred “free…

…treats any discussion of “free markets.” The fundamentalist approach to free markets (that I have sometimes labeled “free marketarianism” or “friedmania”) claims to believe that deregulation helps people by increasing…

…prestige of myth rose… Men began to talk of the myth of science, the Christian myth, the myth of the nation, the myth of socialism, the myth of the general…

…October 27, 2011 in Chicago School/Freshwater Economics, Debunking the Reagan “Free Marketarian” Myth, Democratic Egalitarianism, Estate Tax, Inequality of wealth or income, Occupy Wall Street, Sustainable Economy, Tax Policy |…

…Institute’s who drawing upon years of research and debate, counters 15 common myths against immigration with nonpartisan facts in the report. “15 Myths About Immigration Debunked” | Immigration | Carnegie…

…the mythical evolutionary refutation. Graeber jokes toward the end of the segment, that Rousseau invented what would become both the standard conservative and leftist political myths. The consequences of this…

by Mike Kimel A Few Graphs Describing the Reagan Presidency Cross posted at the Presimetrics blog. On February 6, 2011, Ronald Reagan would have been turned 100 years had he…

…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

The release of the Mid-Session Review of the 2006 budget by the White House today was accompanied by a press release full of dubious claims. Each point in the press…