Subscribe to Dollars & Sense magazine. Recent articles related to the financial crisis. Read the latest from Dean Baker and Jared BernsteinEnjoy the excerpts of Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker's new books in the Jul/Aug Dollars & Sense? Now you can buy (or in the case of Baker's book, download) the books through our site. Visit our resources page for more information.Miss the issue? Here's a bit from each. The Conservative Nanny State, by Dean Baker. From the excerpt: It is accurate to say that conservatives don't like big government social programs, but not because they don't like big government. The problem with big government social programs is that they tend to distribute money downward, or provide benefits to large numbers of people. That is not the conservative agenda—the agenda is getting the money to flow upward, and for this, big government is just fine. All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy, by Jared Benstein. From the excerpt: I once heard an allegory about mealtime in heaven and hell. It turns out that in both places, meals are served at a huge round table with lots of delicious food in the center. The food is out of reach, but everyone's got really long forks. In hell, everyone starves because, while people can reach the food with their forks, the forks are much longer than their arms, so nobody can turn a fork around and eat what's on the end of it. In heaven, faced with the same problem, people eat well. How? By feeding each other. On the resources page, you'll also find links to books by Dollars & Sense collective members, resources for economic research, other sources of left economic comment, and occasional event announcements. The featured event right now is the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives' Second Conference for Worker Ownership and Workplace Democracy, October 13-15 in New York. Please consider donating to Dollars & Sense and/or subscribing to the magazine (both print and e-subscriptions now available!). |
