Archive for the ‘Income and poverty’ Category
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Approximately 225,000 people left New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina flooded most city neighborhoods in August 2005. A sizeable number came from the 9th ward. Some 1800 people died during the floods; later, hundreds more succumbed to stress-related ailments. [Saul Landau]
My parents visited the US recently, and we took the opportunity ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
A number of items today, from a range of sources.
First, the picture to the left is of Labour TD Joe Costello, who for the last 5 years has run a weekly protest outside the Mater hospital, calling for better healthcare.
Second, potentially good news for grad employees in private universities in ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
This week's show is now online. It lasts just around an hour, and features Bob Naiman and myself discussing Pakistan, Iran, and the success of Brazil's AIDS drugs policy. Locally we discuss SEIU's possible strike and the growing support from the campus community, and the CCHCC protest about the exclusion ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
As the dollar has continued to drop in value against the euro, I've predicted (with some trepidation) that it would be as low as $1.50 to the euro by the time I return to Ireland for Christmas. I must admit that I thought I was being somewhat pessimistic, but it ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers are doing important work across a range of areas. I first came across them in connection with their founding of WCIW, an LPFM station serving farm-workers in Florida.They are also well-known for their work to gain extra income for workers through putting pressure on companies ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
I'm TAing for Bob McChesney's political economy class this semester, and the first book we're reading is Dean Baker's recent text "The United States since 1980" - it's part of a series focusing on different countries over that period. It's a fascinating opportunity to refresh the finer points (in a ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
The World Institute for Development Economics Research at United Nations University has a new report on wealth distribution around the world. An interesting undertaking, and some interesting conclusions for those, like me, who like to track such things:In this paper we show, first, that there are very large intra-country differences ...
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
From InterWorldRadio:The oil company Shell has appealed against a Nigerian court order to pay one and half billion dollars to the Ijaw community in Nigeria. The fine is intended to compensate for environmental damage. Nigeria's oil output has been cut by about 25 per cent after a series of ...
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
News today that tax receipts in Ireland are up. So much so good for government finances. However, as Joan Burton points out:Today's Exchequer Returns confirm yet again that Value Added Tax has become the largest element in the government's tax coffers, continuing to outpace Income Tax Receipts by ...
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Sunday, March 5th, 2006
Over at Tuppenceworth Fergal Crehan has a thoughtful piece that raises a point I've seen discussed, also, at Irish Indymedia regarding responses to the riot in Dublin last week - that is, the dismissive and Daily Mail-style hatred for the 'underclass.' I say Daily Mail because their
Middle-England blend of ...
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