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By Mark Bahnisch on September 28, 2009
As a sequel to my post on The Australian‘s series on the left, where I highlighted Guy Rundle’s take, I’m reproducing from today’s Crikey (with permission) his longer sequel to his take beneath the fold. Meantime, the Oz series meanders [...]
Posted in Activism, Culture, Economics, History, International, Media, Policy, Politics, Sociology | Tagged ALP, Australian Greens, BLF, Capitalism, CPA, Crikey, Culture, David Hetherington, GFC, global economy, global financial crisis, globalisation, globalism, greens, Guy Rundle, History, ideology, Labor, Labor Left, labour movement, Labour parties, left, liberalism, Maoism, Marx, McKenzie Wark, Meidner plan, neo-liberalism, neocons, neoconservatism, new left, Per Capita, political culture, robert manne, social democracy, social markets, social movements, Sociology, Soviet union, Sraffa, sweden, The Australian, the left, Tony Blair, unions |
By Kim on October 10, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/costanswparliament.jpg" align=left Michael Costa has taken a leaf out of Mark Latham’s book… Forced out of office and Parliament? Write op/eds attacking your former party! LISTENING to Kevin Rudd at Council of Australian Governments meetings as he tried to [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Economics, Media, NSW Government | Tagged ALP, COAG, economic policy, global economy, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Latham Diaries, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, mark latham, Michael Costa, News Limited columnists, NSW Government, NSW Labor, Peter Costello, Rudd government |
By tigtog on September 30, 2008
Vote count: Democrats: 141 Yea, 94 Nay Republican: 66 Yea, 132 Nay The Times – Analysis: bailout vote calls Hank Paulson’s bluff Negotiators had worked all weekend to accommodate some of the doubts of conservative Republicans who objected to such [...]
Posted in Disasters, Law, Markets, USA | Tagged bailout, corporate welfare, execs, financial sector, global economy, golden parachutes, hank paulson, meltdown, negotiators, outlay, Republicans, stock market, superficial changes, TARP, taxpayer funds, taxpayers, us treasury secretary, Wall Street |
By tigtog on September 16, 2008
Brendan and Malcolm have provided a nice little distraction, but it’s time to look at other world news: to wit, another US financial giant has hit the deck (two, if you count the takeover of Merrill Lynch as well as [...]
Posted in Disasters, Markets, USA | Tagged chapter 11, collapse, global economy, lehman brothers, merrill lynch, stock market, USA |
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