Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

You searched for: label/occupy wall street

Book Review

…things superior to that of any American city: walkable and safe streets, vibrant street life, splendid food, an ease to go anywhere in the city or the country through mass…

Patrick on OWS and Steve Jobs

…What was once a protest of powerful Wall Street financial firms and banks is growing into a larger movement about the working class, employment, poverty, education, and more. As they…

OWS and economics

Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her post in the NYT Economix begins: The Occupy Wall Street movement, displaced from some key geographic locations,…

Big Bird’s Obituary

…of the cuts, and has slowed the production of new content. But Netflix made a deal with Sesame Street, which now airs on PBS and Netflix, with the show that has educated…