Category Archives: We’re Really Fucked

Why the Filibuster Hurts U.S. Democracy: Most People Don’t Know Whom They’re Voting For

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

James Fallows has been doing yeoman’s work in his criticism of the U.S. Senate filibuster. For those who don’t know what the filibuster is, it’s a way for the minority party to tank legislation through the use of the Senate … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Voting, We're Really Fucked | 4 Comments

So Who Are These 27 Percent? And Do They Walk Among Us?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Robert Shiller, writing about the long term effects of unemployment, observes (boldface mine): Bad as it is for those without jobs and their immediate families, unemployment tears the fabric of our society. Duha T. Altindag of Auburn University and Naci … Continue reading →

Posted in The Rule of Law, We're Really Fucked | 2 Comments

The Link Between Austerity and Fascism: No, This Is Not Hyperbole

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Scratch a technocrat, and you’re likely to find a very ugly anti-democratic streak underneath. Over at Naked Capitalism, Mark Ames details Greece’s new Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, Makis Voridis’ sordid and literally fascist past (boldface mine): See the … Continue reading →

Posted in I For One Welcome Our Austerity Overlords, We're Really Fucked | 2 Comments

The Tragedy of Turning Economics Into a Faith-Based Discipline

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

The thing that has puzzled me throughout the long aftermath of the collapse of Big Shitpile is the willingness to do nothing. The issue isn’t a disagreement over how to reduce unemployment. Instead, there is a general consensus not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Shitpile, Conservatives, Economics, Jewish Stuff, Religion, We're Really Fucked | 2 Comments

Are High-Tech Workers Also Like “Milk Cartons”?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Anthropologist Ashley Mears decided to learn more about the fashion industry and how it treats models by becoming one. Here’s one thing she learned: The catch is that there simply isn’t much time to invest; the older a model gets, … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Jobs, We're Really Fucked | 5 Comments

The Absence of a Left-Wing Economics and the Coming of the Lost Decade

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

We have a lot of educating to do.
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Posted in Economics, We're Really Fucked | 41 Comments

Who the !@#% Elected Standard & Poor’s: Yet Another Failure of Obama’s ‘Looking Forward, Not Back’ Strategy

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

This isn’t just horrible meddling in terms of economic outcomes, but a confirmation that the political system is a wholly owned subsidiary of the banking system.
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Posted in Big Shitpile, Economics, The Rule of Law, We're Really Fucked | 6 Comments

Mass Incarceration, Unemployment, and Employment

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

How the War on Drugs artificially deflates the jobs crisis.
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Posted in Jobs, We're Really Fucked | 8 Comments

The E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak Gets More Confusing–and Potentially More Disturbing

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I engage in some speculation, and hope that I’m very, very wrong.
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Posted in Agriculture, E. coli, Ecology, Microbiology, We're Really Fucked | 4 Comments

When Business People Call for a Guaranteed Minimum Income…

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

…you know things are getting weird. And that’s because our political system has transformed from a ‘checks and balances’ system to a ‘deflect responsibility’ system.
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Posted in Taxes, We're Really Fucked | 3 Comments