The obvious response to the current crisis in higher education is to demand more financing for public colleges and universities and to create more jobs for college graduates. However, the new austerians, such as Robert Samuelson, simply dismiss these possibilities and argue instead that fewer young people should go to college. The college-for-all crusade has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘austerity’
Austerity 101
Posted: 28 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: academy, austerity, economics, unemployment, youth
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Cartoon of the day
Posted: 27 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, banks, cartoon, Europe, Romney
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Cartoon of the day
Posted: 25 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, cartoon, Egypt, election, Europe, Greece, politics, rich, United States
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Austerity is painful, which is why austerity tomorrow is not credible. Yet shared tax increases and spending cuts can instil a sense of national purpose to help a country weather tough times. Raghuram Rajan, “Sensible Keynesians see no easy way out”
Cartoon of the day
Posted: 20 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, banks, cartoon, France, jobs, Mexico, United States, Wall Street, workers
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Protest of the day
Posted: 15 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, Occupy Wall Street, protests, Spain
Protesters hold up a banner that reads, “Regime of the 1%, Crisis for the 99%,” during a protest marking the one-year anniversary of Spain’s Indignados (Indignant) movement in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol.
Cartoon of the day
Posted: 15 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, banks, cartoon, crisis, debt, Europe, Germany, Greece, profits, students
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Cartoon of the day
Posted: 12 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, cartoon, debt, election, Europe, laws, students, United States
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Cartoon of the day
Posted: 11 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, cartoon, equality, Europe, LGBTQ, Republicans
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Cartoon of the day
Posted: 10 May 2012 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, cartoon, Europe, Germany, Greece, unemployment, United States
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