November 2011 Archive

Dealing With the Budget Deficit: Does the Middle Class Have to Take the Hit?

By Dean Baker: Adam Davidson has a piece in the NYT magazine about how the middle class will have to take a hit to deal with the country’s ...

Banks Take Partial Write-Downs on Greek Debt, Why Not With AIG?

By Dean Baker: Floyd Norris has an interesting piece discussing the credit default market in European debt. He notes that the volume of issuance has not increased in ...

Nick Kristof to the Rescue!

By Irin Carmon: When a New York Times columnist live tweets a Cambodia brothel raid, who benefits -- the women or the reporter?

The Myth of The New York Times, in Documentary Form

By Chris Hedges: The documentary film “Page One: Inside the New York Times” is an infomercial for The New York Times. It says nothing about the internal dynamics ...

The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work

By Belén Fernández: Belén Fernández’ take-down of the New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman has just been released by Verso Books. Read our interview with Belén: pt. ...