Social Welfare Institutions

(sent by Jonathan M)
Alain Deneault, a post-doctoral student at UQAM (University of Quebec in
Montreal), is being sued by Barrick Gold because he mentionned in his book
reports by official organizations and NGOs alleging that, in Tanzania, the
appropriation of a mine by the company resulted in death of many workers. In
this academic work, the author also mentions […]

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this article is interesting, it is an example of how the laws governing deebt defaults can be structured to either help the lender or the borrower…  in this case, maryland is passing legislation that greatly helps borrowers - people who own houses and face forclosure (debt default):
Maryland Greatly Lengthens Foreclosure Process
from naked capitalism by Yves […]

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This is intersting:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/for-sale-the-video-archive-walmart-should-have-erased-807813.html
I wonder what is going to happen, but it makes you realize how much information is usually kept under tight control - and how dangerous it can be (for some) when information becomes available to the public…  What will happen? Will Wal Mart eventually just buy back all the footage for an insane […]

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This is from a blog called “naked capitalism” - my friend sent me this link because I always make fun of her for wanting to be an economist…  pretty much for the sorts of reasons that this study shows….  It couldn’t be a more perfect example of the ‘professionalism’ we read about in class.  Can’t […]

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Ok everyone, if you have a good story about a terrible job, explain it in a comment to this post.  I’ll start it off.

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So we’re getting ready to read Capital, Vol. 1 in class — i was just sent this article in one of Canada’s mainstream papers, listing Capital as one of the 50 greatest books and giving a brief explanation why…  so if any of you are interested, or need a reason to get excited — check […]

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Global Seed Bank
This times article is about a new global seed bank opening in Norway. This is an interesting dimension of food politics to explore.  Is it a form of privatisation? Or is it actually a reaction to privatisation? Is it state-led enclosure? Commodification? Centralsiation of seed-capital? Or is it a public service to humanity? […]

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outlawbodies.pdf

This event should be really interesting - its a feminist legal scholar who’s going to talk about the ways in which the law creates hidden spaces - what she calls spaces of “abjection” - i have a feeling that there will a lot of parallels to draw between what she talks about and what we’ve […]

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The Bildner Center invites you to participate in the seminar series “New Issues and Perspectives in International Political Economy.” Please join us.

Wal-Mart and its Workers: Not the Same All Over the World
 
Chris Tilly
Department of Regional Economic and Social Development
University of Massachusetts Lowell

This presentation draws from Chris Tilly’s “Wal-Mart and Its Workers: NOT the Same All […]

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So in class we talked about the connection between overproduction and overconsumption - if we make too much junk, then we better make sure that we can convince people to buy too much stuff.  Do you think that’s whats going on with this new economic stimulus package that the congress just passed?
Here is an article […]

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So we are going to use this blog starting next week - and I want to go over some of the ways I’m thinking about it - just to get things started.
I’ve posted a few things to the blog so far - they are each articles or links to articles that are relevant to our […]

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here is a link to this article - a good overview of the problems with micro-lending in latin America written by the business press.
The Ugly Side of Microlending
How big Mexican banks profit as many poor borrowers get trapped in a maze of debt
by Keith Epstein and Geri Smith
In a gleaming office tower […]

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Hi everyone - this is what your introduction posts should look like.
This picture is of me and two friends, Roman and Crystal, at an installation we made last summer. When it comes to screenprinting, Roman and I are total opposites. He is totally clean and precise, I am an absoltue mess and pretty […]

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URL: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/22/business/dprotect.php
 
 
International Herald Tribune
On the cusp of economic history
By Katrin Bennhold
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
 
DAVOS, Switzerland: Is economic history about to change course? Among the chieftains of politics and industry gathering in Davos for the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, a consensus appears to be building that the capitalist system is in for one of […]

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 80 …. January 31, 2008
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Putting the U.S. Economic Crisis in Perspective
Leo Panitch
It is time to take stock. The centrality of the American economy to the
capitalist world — which now literally does encompass the whole world –
has spread the financial […]

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