Occupy Wall Street
Whither Capitalism?
In 1867 Karl Marx wrote his famous book Das Kapital in Germany. Karl Marx was an economist — a very bright, though disagreeable — fellow with some interesting ideas. The Russians, as we know, used Das Kapital as their inspiration and tried to build the economy of a nation out of it. It didn’t work [...]
Occupying Wall Street
When Occupy Wall Street (OWS) started last month, a wide variety of news outlets complained that the protesters would not accomplish anything because they did not have clear goals. It now appears that the resulting OWS Movement has scored at least one victory: successfully re-framing media coverage onto the jobs crisis and real economy rather [...]
