Archive for June 5th, 2009
The Coming Economic Crisis?
Animal Spirits has posted a telling collection of graphs that lead to a rather disturbing conclusion: [h/t Naked Capitalism]
The forecast is for more bitter fighting over a dwindling pie until growth stalls completely in about five years. That is when the real crisis begins.
In the meanwhile the allocation of economic pain will reveal the usually [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2009 under The Dismal Science.
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On the Banality of Evil
One of the central contradictions of the market-based education reforms promoted by think-tanks, business groups and the White House is that these reforms are predicated on the perceived educational need to produce high-performing students with the creative-innovative skills to develop new technologies, grow new industries and establish a foundation for continued economic growth in a [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2009 under Education Policy, Schools.
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