December 2009
Stiglitz: 6 Harsh lessons We Failed to Learn →
azspot:
1. Markets are not self-correcting, and without adequate regulation, they are prone to excess.
2. There are many reasons for market failures. Too-big-to-fail financial institutions had perverse incentives: Privatized gains, socialized losses. .
3. When information is imperfect, markets often do not work well – and information imperfections are central in finance.
4. Keynesian...
kill.all.yuppies.
thepublics:
“But criticism, for the most part, comes from the opposite place that book-enjoying should come from. To enjoy art one needs time, patience, and a generous heart, and criticism is done, by and large, by impatient people who have axes to grind. The worst sort of critics are (analogy coming) butterfly collectors - they chase something, ostensibly out of their search for beauty, then,...
The 21 Brave Thinkers Of Truly Free Film 2009 →
soupsoup:
brieflynoted:
What is it to be “brave”? To me, bravery requires risk, going against the status quo, being willing to do or say what few others have done. Bravery is not a one time act but a consistent practice. Most importantly, bravery is not about self interest; bravery involves the individual acting for the community. It is both the step forward andthe hand that is extended
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The 21 Brave Thinkers Of Truly Free Film 2009 →
soupsoup:
brieflynoted:
What is it to be “brave”? To me, bravery requires risk, going against the status quo, being willing to do or say what few others have done. Bravery is not a one time act but a consistent practice. Most importantly, bravery is not about self interest; bravery involves the individual acting for the community. It is both the step forward andthe hand that is extended
-...
How to be an anti-racist ally →
bradicalmang:
(via ihatethismess)
When you are white, you never stop overcoming your privilege and racist socialization.
Is it bad that every time I hear Jimmy Hendrix’s Foxy Lady, I think of Garth in Wayen’s World?
Reblog with your ipod's name
criticalculture:
momography:
henrycooke:
molliversykes:
luccyyy:
thefloodgates:
italktoredheads:
brittanycakes:
Leep The Giraffe
molly.
Florian The Titanic
jasper, and lol ^ the titanic is syncing :’)
Joshua Von iPod.
henrycooke consistency is key
faline. like on bambi
Proudhon, as in “(intellectual) property is theft”
Bear Fight
“The British Empire brought us the idea that ‘if you’re not a white European,...”
– Skin whitening cream finds new popularity among Palestinian women / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com (via clingtomymouth)
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“We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction in a mere...”
– Robert Kennedy
“A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.”
– Mark Twain (via lovealesia)
Watchbradicalmang:
sarasponda:
Tim Wise - The Pathology of White Privilege
Wise provides a non-confrontational explanation of white privilege and the damage it does not only to people of color but to white people as well.
Well done! The beginning really won me over, because he immediantly addressed his own privilege concerning giving the presentation in the first place and how people will...
“Nobody eat animals — not the whole things. Most of us eat animal parts, with a...”
– Austin Dacey (via azspot)
So. Now would be a good time to begin my college...
thebenefitofyou:
Fuck.
yep. apply in chicago! and/or Evergreen College in Olympia, WA. I think you’ll like there immensely.
Mark Rudd: What It Takes to Build a Movement →
by Mark Rudd
Since the summer of 2003, I’ve crisscrossed the country speaking at colleges and theaters and bookstores, first with The Weather Undergrounddocumentary and, starting in March of this year, with my book,Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen (William Morrow, 2009). In discussions with young people, they often tell me, “Nothing anyone does can ever make a difference.”
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“Education is a deeply political enterprise, regardless of how much people try to...”
– Jennifer Hochschild & Nathan Scovronick, The American Dream and the Public Schools, 2003
“Then there are the politicians. Even now, it’s hard to get Democrats, President...”
– Paul Krugman (via azspot)
Swallowed chewing gum will not stay in your body...
ohyeahfacts:
That said, swallowing LOTS of gum could cause a blockage in your intestines, which means serious cramps and possible surgery. But even in that case, that gum isn’t sticking around for 7 years.
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Asked by: MoreThanJustExistence
10 FICTIONAL books that will f**k up your reality... →
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“I think there will always be a gulf between the haves and have-nots, so far as...”
– Neil Postman (via azspot)
“Yes, we’ll tie ourselves in knots to keep a taxpayer dollar from getting...”
– One Year Later, Palestinians Live in Rubble While Israel Blocks Aid | Crooks and Liars (via clingtomymouth)
“Lieberman is actually calling for Yemen to become today’s war, but the key to...”
– tabsir.net » Grinding a Greater Axis of Evil
ey fuck this warmonger from hell. never heard of a brown country he didn’t want to bomb.
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The War in Mexico
bradicalmang:
kimclit:
The anti-war movement in the United States has totally ignored the war in Mexico. The mainstream media also has ignored this war. Most Americans don’t know there is a major war happening right now in Mexico. Cuidad Juarez, the city with the most deaths from the war, is only 1,250 miles from Chicago. War broke out in Mexico in December 2006 when the newly elected...