Social Welfare Institutions

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?
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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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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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