November 2011 Archive

Wnen it Comes to Cutting Medicare and Social Security High Income Ain’t What It Used to Be

Dean Baker: In an article on the deliberations of the supercommittee the NYT told readers that a Republican plan would raise money by charging “higher Medicare premiums for ...

The Drone Mentality

By Glenn  Greenwald: In a New York Times Op-Ed yesterday, international human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith describes a meeting he had in Pakistan with residents from the Afghan-Pakistani ...

The Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Problem of Political Culture In Europe

By Dean Baker: The New York Times has a front page piece that discusses the debt crises facing Greece and Italy and discusses them in the context of ...