James K Galbraith

Could Europe's Political Project Go the Way of the US Confederacy?

James K. Galbraith | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Greece Debt, European Union, James K. Galbraith, Greece Bailout, Greece Debt Crisis, World News
James K. Galbraith

Europe's political structure is also suspended between two stable formations: the federated nation state and the international alliance. This in-between structure is called a confederacy, and it is something that was tried and which failed in North America.

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Part III: How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable

Stephen Zarlenga | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Money Power, Deficit, Congress, National Debt, James K. Galbraith, American Monetary Institute, Dennis Kucinich, Money System, Federal Reserve, American Monetary Act, HR 6550, Monetary Reform, Business News
Stephen Zarlenga

Over time, whoever controls the money system controls the nation. Society's definition or concept of money will determine who controls the money system.

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Part II: How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable

Stephen Zarlenga | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Money Power, Deficit, Congress, National Debt, James K. Galbraith, American Monetary Institute, Dennis Kucinich, Money System, Federal Reserve, HR 6550, Monetary Reform, Business News
Stephen Zarlenga

Economists' most glaring error is not understanding or appreciating the difference between money and credit. Most can't conceive of practical ways we can use real government-issued money instead of private debt.

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How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable

Stephen Zarlenga | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: American Monetary Institute, Federal Reserve, Congress, Henry Simons, Deficit, James K. Galbraith, National Debt, Dennis Kucinich, Money System, HR 6550, Stephen Zarlenga, Fighting Poverty, Money Power, Monetary Reform, Business News
Stephen Zarlenga

With rare exceptions, those in control of the world's monetary/economic agenda and the theories supporting it have helped bring the world to its knees. Shouldn't they and their theories be held accountable?

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Deficit Hawks Down: The Misconstrued "Facts" Behind Their Hype

James K. Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Deficit Hawks, Pete Peterson, James K. Galbraith, China, Business News
James K. Galbraith

As the House Republicans forge their own course, demanding radical spending cuts right now, the tired and shabby arguments of the old deficit-worriers hardly seem connected, any more, to the battles at hand.

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A Misguided Deficit Commission

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Small Business, Social Security, John Boehner, This Week, Obama Administration, Deficit Commission, Unemployment, James K. Galbraith, Robert Gates, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Medicare, Peter G. Peterson, Paul Ryan, Pentagon, George Soros, Volker-Rule, Robert Reich, Afghanistan, Earl Pomery, Tax Relief, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Blackstone Group, Recession, Tom Coburn, Marshall Plan, Warren Buffett, Max Baucus, Judd Gregg, Alan Simpson, Iraq, Glass-Steagall, Politics News
Pearl Korn

The Obama Administration's Deficit Commission is at best errant in its mission and at worst a bait-and-switch ploy being run on the American people.

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Herr Henkel's Hall of Shame

William K. Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Germany, James K. Galbraith, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Ceo, Blood Libel, Business News
William K. Black

Herr Henkel was the leading German business proponent of deregulation and the executive compensation systems that drove the global crisis.

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Health Care and the 'Predator State'

Thomas Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Predator State, James K. Galbraith, Charles Grassley, Social Security, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Insurance, South Dakota, John Thune, Barack Obama, Darwinian, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Although Republicans have snapped up James Galbraith's catchy book title, the politicians have misunderstood his message. They need to go back over The Predator State for a second reading.

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William K. Black on Geithner: "The Guy Has a Track Record of Failure Everywhere He's Gone"

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James K. Galbraith, Tim Geithner, William K. Black, Larry Summers, The Young Turks, S&L Crisis, Bank Bailout, Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, William Black, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

This is beginning to feel a little like before the Iraq War when some warned of impending disaster and the administration and mainstream media blew them off.

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Galbraith Calls Clean Energy the Next Engine for Economic Growth

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Green Economy, Clean Energy, Economic Stimulus, James K. Galbraith, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

We need the next engine to pull into the station. It won't be a consumption-based one: buying consumer goods made in China will not dig us out of this deep a hole.

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Q&A with Housing Bubble Forecaster Dean Baker

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Subprime Lending, Financial Transactions Tax, Fiscal Stimulus, Usw, National Bureau of Economic Research, United Steelworkers, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Conventional Wisdom, Recession, Unemployment, James K. Galbraith, Subprime Mortgages, Stock Bubble, Inflation, Deborah Salomon, New York Times, Stock Market, Liar Loans, Bubble Economy, Stimulus Package, Housing Bubble, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Baker: "For most economists, the idea that a market would take leave from its senses -- that it would be driven by speculation -- is almost inconceivable."

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Financial Bailout: American Communism Alive & Lives on 23rd Street NYC VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Predator State, James K. Galbraith, Economics, Economy, Economic Crisis, Politics News
George Spyros

United States communists say their time has come (full text of the video here) AFP news video segment pays a visit to US Communist Party headquarte...

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Requiem for the Bailout Storyline

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James K. Galbraith, Robert Reich, Wall Street Crisis, McClatchy Newspapers, Economy, David Brooks, New York Times, Institute for Policy Studies, $700 Billion Bailout, Congress, News Media, Economic Stimulus, Center for Economic and Policy Research, President Bush, Dow, Dean Baker, Media News
Norman Solomon

Recent events should not be allowed to obscure the reality that the news media played a pivotal role in stampeding the country into a bailout that was unwise and unjust.

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Building a Green Economy

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poliitcs, Dnc, James-K.-Galbraith, Tom-Plant, Vestas, Van-Jones, Oakleigh-Thorne, Wind-Power, The-Predator-State, Thorne-Insititute, Democratic-National-Convention, Green Living, News, Carla-Din, Renewable-Energy, Apollo-Alliance, Colorado, Live-From-Main-Street, Economy, Green News
Adele Stan

We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy? In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, dire...

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