December 2011
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In theory, economics is a science. In reality, economics is a science the way...
– The Trouble with Principles: Or, How to Not Lose Friends and Alienate People When Learning Economics (#OccupyWallStreet, #OWS) « naked capitalism
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The Bioterrorist Next Door - By Laurie Garrett |... →
top fear monger weighs in with ‘hire me’ and ‘buy my book’
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Debt is the perversion of a promise, a promise that has been perverted through...
– Interview with David Graeber | The White Review
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The larger point is that we’ve constructed our $2.5 trillion health care system...
– Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us | Magazine
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Industry forecasts suggest that once failures are taken into account, the...
– Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us
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fear = no publish
For the first time ever, a government advisory board is asking scientific journals not to publish details of certain biomedical experiments, for fear that the information could be used by terrorists to create deadly viruses and touch off epidemics.
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Globally, young adult unemployment is at record levels, according to the...
– New Left Review - Mike Davis: Spring Confronts Winter
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some growing ideological markets and some possible future scenarios as the...
– Ten Growth Markets for Crisis | Deterritorial Support Group
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“the common denominator is not finally economic, but despair” (via Politics, Religion and the Tea Party - Fault Lines - Al Jazeera English)