Archive for January, 2009
“I Wouldn’t Expect You To Understand It”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Comics on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Economic Fragments 01/29/09
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Economic Fragments on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Comedy Central Edition 1) Colbert on the turbulent chicken-wing market 2) Stewart on the stimulus and CEO spendthrifts
(Trashy) Recreational Interlude
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re in need of a laugh, Dating a Banker Anonymous can help. This is the hidden side of the recession, I suppose- the story of suffering that goes untold. Thankfully, NYT picked it up.
Windows Crash
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Comics on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s An “American” Car?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Free Trade on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not what you think… Once you put down the flags and shut off all the television ads with their Heartland, apple-pie America imagery, the truth of the car business is that it transcends national boundaries. A car or truck sold by a “Detroit” auto maker such as GM, Ford or Chrysler could be less American [...]
What Capitalism? What’s Next?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alternatives on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can’t escape the questions these days: “Is capitalism dead?” Twisted around: “Can we save capitalism?” Benjamin Barber has a different question: “What kind of capitalism?” The issue is not the death of capitalism but what kind of capitalism–standing in which relationship to culture, to democracy and to life? Barber’s worry is that, given President [...]
Weekly Meeting 01/22/09
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Weekly Meeting on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our reading this week was “Ethics in Economics” by Charles Wilber from the PAE Review. Some Q’s: 1) How would our educations/textbooks change with the acknowledgment of value-permeation and the always “theory-laden” character of any analysis? 2) How does the policy conversation change? 3) What are the implications of seeing mainstream economic theory (or any [...]
The Last Professor: Are the Liberal Arts Dying (or dead)?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pedagogy on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Stanley Fish discusses a new book, “The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the University,” at his NYT blog. It raises some interesting questions, that may or may not directly related to the economics department split at ND. The basic gist of the book is that given the transformation of higher education into [...]
Economic Fragment or Figment?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Economic Fragments on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bonus points to anyone who can find me the source of this quote I read, which I know I read in the last two days, but cannot find. According to google, some person who reviewed a book on Amazon saw it too, so I’m not making it up. Please help. Basically, the article was talking [...]
Keep Your Coins…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Banksy
