By Jeffrey Sommers and Michael Hudson: A generation ago the Chicago Boys and their financial supporters applauded General Pinochet’s anti-labor Chile as a success story...
By Dean Baker: Democrats, or at least progressive Democrats, are not concerned about "changes" to Social Security...
By Philip Pilkington: Most pieces written and published on economic topics in our newspapers are morality tales rather than economic analysis...
By Peter Hart: Most people would probably agree that cluster bombs are hideous weapons–deadly, indiscriminate, and likely to kill or injure civilians...
By Yves Smith: My, my, SEC head of enforcement Robert Khuzami has revealed himself to be both remarkably thin skinned and not very good at making a case for himself.
By Alex Kane: The two-state solution is dead, killed by state-supported Israeli colonies...
By Kevin Gosztola: A federal judge dismissed most of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union...
By Amanda Marcotte: In a bid to demonstrate extreme irrelevance, the New York Times "Room for Debate" section took on the question of women wearing makeup...
By AAP: Beijing has denied rejecting the visa of an Australian journalist working for the New York Times...