Category Archives: Occupy Wall Street

April 17, 2012
10:24 am
by: stealthbadger

Are you the 99%, or not?

There’s a wonderful piece up by Danny Schecter (via CommonDreams) titled “On Saving the ‘Soul’ Of Occupy” that asks some very important questions regarding the ideological focus of the movement. A taste for you: The political theory behind all this … Continue reading →

Posted in In which I think too much, Occupy Wall Street, So how do we fix it?, Stupid Power Tricks

April 17, 2012
8:39 am
by: stealthbadger

This explains a lot

Krugman and Wells look at the raging insane hatred conservative economists have for Keynes and seem to be on to something.

Posted in Living in the real world, Occupy Wall Street, The Consequences of Finance

April 12, 2012
10:35 am
by: stealthbadger

Why I support the Occupy movement

The whole thing? No. It’s a group of individuals, and individuals are different from each other kinda by definition. But the people involved in the movement who are actually out there doing stuff? Yeah, I support them. My favorite example … Continue reading →

Posted in Occupy Wall Street, So how do we fix it?, The Consequences of Finance

March 14, 2012
2:45 pm
by: stealthbadger

This woke me right the hell up….

From the NYT Op-Eds, “Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs” by Gregory Smith (Here’s a quick profile that doesn’t yet reflect his change in employment status [PDF]). It begins stirringly: TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Living in the real world, Occupy Wall Street, Stupid Power Tricks, The Consequences of Finance

October 30, 2011
1:50 am
by: stealthbadger

OccupyWallStreet Smeared Again

I honestly want to bang my head against my desk when I see this. From USA Today: Fights are erupting among Occupy Wall Street protesters, so much so that one corner of Zuccotti Park has emerged where protesters say they … Continue reading →

Posted in Occupy Wall Street