12 November 08 - 15:01Fake NY Times Hits Readers
NY Times Liberal Progressive Solution Edition: absolutely brilliant.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
08 November 08 - 01:20Repo review
Excellent movie. Very stylish, good concepts, and well executed. Our showing at Angelika seemed to have some technical issues (specifically with the audio being out of sync with the video). There were also some songs where the vocals were clean, which sounded awkward. For others, the music was mixed too low. Regardless, it was very enjoyable.It attacked privatized medicine (if we had their organ replacement technology and still had a medical system under Neoliberalism, organ repossession would be a reality), and it mocked medical and surgery obsession (it also took a few tongue in cheek pot shots at body mods). It also took a shot at people who reproduce knowing that they have certain diseases or conditions. There were some fun political tinges, and at the end the new owner of Geneco vowed to change it (most likely make it more forgiving and social democratic). It was also packed with great outfits and makeup, as well as beautiful sets. Go see Repo: The Genetic Opera.
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06 November 08 - 18:21Newspapers going online only
Some never thought the day(s) would come.Don't be surprised when the NYT and the WSJ do the same.
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24 October 08 - 18:32Raver wear going mainstream
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23 October 08 - 15:11The beginning of the end of Market Fundamentalism
Greenspan admits mistakes in his ideology.How many of us have been saying this stuff, and for how long? The idea that "self-interested" institutions and individuals will always make collectively optimal, or even rational choices is absurd and has been disproved over and over again. Now, Greenspan, the self-titled Libertarian, who worshiped an Objectivist, and governed his central bank like a Neoliberal finally sees the dangers of no market oversight or regulation. That's right, it does not work. It's all about finding the right mix of rules and regulations, private and public, shared risk and individual risk - not just saying "all X is bad" or "all X is good". It has to be an ongoing, constantly renegotiated process and balance. This is one of the tenets of heterodox economics - using empirical methods to find out what works - not just deciding the process and saying that whatever will be, will be. That's called "process legitimizes outcome", and is complete and utter trash.
My, how the mighty have fallen.
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13 October 08 - 07:55Repo
Repo: The Genetic Opera is going to be great.Finally, a stylish indictment of privatized medical systems and their attendant perils.
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10 October 08 - 05:10An example of regulation
Look at the US governmental system. 3 branches. Why 3? To regulate each other. What happens when one of the branches - Congress in this case - shirks or completely abrogates their responsibility to regulate the others? You get an out of control unitary executive. The same idea applies in markets.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
09 October 08 - 10:32Deflation is here and it is now
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