Category Archives: Economics for Dummies

Economics for Dummies: My kind of stock exchange

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Yes, let’s exchange the former (which aren’t worth shit) for the latter (which swindlers used to be clapped into, back in the Good Olde Days.)

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Economics for Dummies: All you need to know about the US healthcare reforms

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker
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Economics for Dummies: What Chavecito’s bank moves really mean

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Let’s get outta here, buddy–now Chávez is starting in on us, the honest bankers!”And for those who wanna know what they’re referring to, here ya go. Enjoy!

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Economics for Dummies: Why Bank of America fired a good employee

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen to this young woman, and you will learn a lot. First off, you will learn what integrity really is; secondly, you will learn just why there is a credit crisis. (Yes, IS. Not WAS–IS. It’s still there, and we … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: All you need to know about FOX Business Channel

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Basically, it’s all distraction–economic dipshittery plus tits.Any questions?

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Economics for Dummies: So simple, a teenager can understand it…

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

So, why can’t the big banks, international conglomerates and other fat leeches?University students in Michigan protesting the cutting of grant and scholarship money. Investment in the future? Capitalists don’t care–unless they can draw huge profits today. If these students aren’t … Continue reading →

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Economics for Bunnies: A little cautionary ‘toon

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Why the “incentive” system, also known as “carrot and stick”, doesn’t work–or at least, not quite as intended.(And also why you should never mistreat your worker bunnies!)

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Is this what it takes to stop the bleeding?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From France, something mightily disturbing about where privatization of formerly public companies goes if taken to the crapitalist extreme… France Télécom today shelved its restructuring programme after the suicides of 25 workers whose deaths have been linked to a modernisation … Continue reading →

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An important reminder of why the IMF is not to be trusted. ANYWHERE.

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

The Take, by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis, in its entirety. While Argentina’s politicians and public officials go on sucking donkey balls, its ordinary working people are showing us a new way–how to fire the boss (and the IMF) and … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Ellen Russell on the use of “Big Government”

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“The term “big government” persists as a schizophrenic double standard. New programs that help the bottom line of business are endorsed by the business punditocracy as wise investments in competitiveness. Government programs that help the bottom lines of the rest … Continue reading →

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