Category Archives: Economics for Dummies

Payola: Not just for $ and P anymore!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A while back, I posted about how a certain ratings agency takes payola. Now, it looks like another one also does: A former senior analyst at Moody’s has gone public with his story of how one of the country’s most … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Another horrible trapped-miner story

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this is satire. But it has a very large, uncracked grain of truth in it. Can you spot it? PS: On a more serious note, read this. And remember, that original “trapped miners” story did not have a happy … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Free Trade, My Ass!, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Economics for Dummies: Mike Ruppert on provocateurs and the British riots

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Mike Ruppert, a former drug-enforcement cop from Los Angeles who helped expose the CIA’s role in drug smuggling to the US, analyzes the London riots. These riots have an economic root, and it’s NOT what the conservatives of the British … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Greek Salad, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Merry Old England, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Rivers in Egypt, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain | 3 Comments

Economics for Dummies: S & P = $ and Payola

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Ah, nostalgia…it just ain’t what it used to be. Used to be that payola was just something that sleazy record promoters slipped to radio DJs to turn a mediocre pop song into a “smash hit”. Well, guess what? That basic … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: “Austerity” explained

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

…in terms so simple, even a Repug could understand them: Shamelessly stolen from here. (Thanks, Pale!)

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Economics for Dummies: Happy Bastille Day!

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Sing the choirs of cacophony: And like the good band says: La Guillotine will claim her bloody prize… A new survey from Insite Security and IBOPE Zogby International of those with liquid assets of $1 million or more found that … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: How the IMF ate Greece

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

An excellent, succinct interview with Michael Hudson, who explains how the European common market helped to tank the Greek economy, and then sold it out to the IMF. One jarring moment is when he says that all the historical assets … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Greek Salad, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Under the Name of Spain | Comments Off

Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx attacks the Vancouver Riots

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Sabina Becker

What’s that I feel pawing at my legs? What’s that meowing I hear? Oh, it’s our calico Stumpie friend, with a whole new batch of links. Whatcha got for us, Ms. Manx? The Vancouver riots, you say? Okay… First off, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ollanta Presidente!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

My gosh, the dominoes are just tumbling in Latin America, aren’t they? It’s getting so that you’d hardly recognize the place anymore. First it was Venezuela, then Bolivia and Ecuador. Argentina and (for a while) Chile have had some progressive … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx swats DSK and the IMF around some more

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You know how crazy some kitties are when it comes to tinfoil balls? They become obsessed with batting them around, and will chase them all over the house? Well, that’s how Ms. Manx is with this whole Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair. … Continue reading →