Homo Economicus and Dethronement of the Profit Principle (tags)
Max Frisch summarized economism int he formula: "what brings profit is rational." Economism is a business ethics conception, a justification theory for profit maximization that declares ethics superfluous. Ultimately this is an "ethic" without morality.
Angry leftists seek silver lining in debt deal and 7 videos (tags)
May we mend our own pockets and put the horse (14 million jobs and drying up the tax havens) before the cart (economic recovery/economic democracy)! Robert Kuttner speaks about this at http://prospect.org/.
Video: Cutting Public Sector Wages Will Make Recession Worse (tags)
The horse must be before the cart. The horse is economic recovery. Once jobs are created (and tax havens are dried up), the deficit will gradually be reduced (Robert Kuttner). Federal revenue sharing is the alternative to eliminating firefighters and teachers.
Bush's Immigration Trap (tags)
Labor: Organize the Unorganized!