Is Piketty All Wrong?
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Great buzz in the blogosphere over Chris Giles’s attack on Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century. Giles finds a few clear errors, although they don’t seem to matter much; more important, he questions some of the assumptions and imputations Piketty uses to deal with gaps in the data and the way he switches sources/"
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Great buzz in the blogosphere over Chris Giles’s attack on Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century. Giles finds a few clear errors, although they don’t seem to matter much; more important, he questions some of the assumptions and imputations Piketty uses to deal with gaps in the data and the way he switches sources/"
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It's Geithner vs. Warren in Battle of the Bailout
Marilyn Geewax, National Public Radio
Geewax writes: "Recently, two key players looked back: Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrote Stress Test, Reflections on Financial Crisis, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote A Fighting Chance. The two reached opposite conclusions. Geithner believes the bank bailout proved its worth. Warren remains outraged that wealthy bankers have not been jailed."
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Marilyn Geewax, National Public Radio
Geewax writes: "Recently, two key players looked back: Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrote Stress Test, Reflections on Financial Crisis, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote A Fighting Chance. The two reached opposite conclusions. Geithner believes the bank bailout proved its worth. Warren remains outraged that wealthy bankers have not been jailed."
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Juan Cole | 30 Murders by Firearm in England 2012 vs. 8,855 in US
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Let us not pretend that this is about hunters and hunting, folks. Anyone who shoots deer with a Glock should be denied sex the rest of their lives the way the Santa Barbara shooter complained he was."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Let us not pretend that this is about hunters and hunting, folks. Anyone who shoots deer with a Glock should be denied sex the rest of their lives the way the Santa Barbara shooter complained he was."
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Behind the Sexist Ideology That Preoccupied a Mass Murderer
Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky writes: "Hours after 22-year-old student Elliot Rodger shot and killed 7 people near a Santa Barbara university campus in California on Friday night, an internet user on a messaging board site asked, 'Will [A]merican women become nicer after today’s attempt?' 'I heard that New Yorkers became a lot nicer after 9/11,' he wrote. 'Could this happen to women as a gender after today’s events? I’m seeing that some feminists subreddits are toning down their anti male vitriol after today’s incident.'"
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Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky writes: "Hours after 22-year-old student Elliot Rodger shot and killed 7 people near a Santa Barbara university campus in California on Friday night, an internet user on a messaging board site asked, 'Will [A]merican women become nicer after today’s attempt?' 'I heard that New Yorkers became a lot nicer after 9/11,' he wrote. 'Could this happen to women as a gender after today’s events? I’m seeing that some feminists subreddits are toning down their anti male vitriol after today’s incident.'"
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How the US Institutionalized Surveillance
Kirsten Weld, Al Jazeera America
Weld writes: "The National Security Agency’s surveillance leviathan, funded by a black budget and presided over by a star-chamber court, suctions up almost inconceivable amounts of material from around the world, including your phone and computer. How did this begin, and where will it end?"
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Kirsten Weld, Al Jazeera America
Weld writes: "The National Security Agency’s surveillance leviathan, funded by a black budget and presided over by a star-chamber court, suctions up almost inconceivable amounts of material from around the world, including your phone and computer. How did this begin, and where will it end?"
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End Mass Incarceration Now
Editorial | The New York Times
Excerpt: "For more than a decade, researchers across multiple disciplines have been issuing reports on the widespread societal and economic damage caused by America’s now-40-year experiment in locking up vast numbers of its citizens."
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Editorial | The New York Times
Excerpt: "For more than a decade, researchers across multiple disciplines have been issuing reports on the widespread societal and economic damage caused by America’s now-40-year experiment in locking up vast numbers of its citizens."
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US-Mexico Border Wreaks Havoc on Lives of an Indigenous Desert Tribe
Kate Kilpatrick, Al Jazeera America
Kilpatrick writes: "In the aftermath of 9/11, O'odham living on the U.S. reservation were forced to deal with the unintended consequences of a militarized border: Border Patrol agents harass and treat them as undocumented migrants on their sovereign land. Their desert landscape and wildlife get clobbered by migrants, traffickers and federal law enforcement. They return home to find cars stolen, houses ransacked by desperate migrants — migrants who far too often don’t survive the desert elements. "
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Kate Kilpatrick, Al Jazeera America
Kilpatrick writes: "In the aftermath of 9/11, O'odham living on the U.S. reservation were forced to deal with the unintended consequences of a militarized border: Border Patrol agents harass and treat them as undocumented migrants on their sovereign land. Their desert landscape and wildlife get clobbered by migrants, traffickers and federal law enforcement. They return home to find cars stolen, houses ransacked by desperate migrants — migrants who far too often don’t survive the desert elements. "
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