Written By:
Tane - Date published:
11:41 pm, December 18th, 2008 - 4 comments
Categories: capitalism, music -
Tags: white stripes
The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Well, Chrysler is closing its doors from Dec 18 (US time) for at least a month just to keep itself remotely viable for rescue by the US taxpayer.
Also, just came across Paul Krugmans blog at NY Times which makes interesting reading… ^_^
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
hmmmm
http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2008/12/18/how-sticky-are-wages
Basil Fawlty, wars, and the mentioning thereof, not.
And in related news the GOP is doing a bit of good ‘ol fashioned union breaking:
(http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/12/1713569.aspx)
Not that the Democrats will be much better (they’re further to the right than National after all) but one would hope we won’t see similar dirty tactics under a united Obama administration.
I think this one is far more suitable for the times.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tlAPDQdHqCY