Good jobs first
Tracking state subsidies to corporations. Check out their latest report:
Read it here.
Dollars & Sense
A popular magazine on “real world economics.”
New Economy Working Group
Advancing democratic alternatives to oligarchy:
Extreme inequality undermines democracy, the economy, public health and culture. Concentrated wealth translates into political power to further shape elections, legislative priorities and rules in favor of global corporations and the already wealthy. This in turn leads to the kind of economic distortions that caused the 2008 financial collapse. In the lead up to the collapse, the bottom 70 percent of the U.S. population responded to stagnant wages by borrowing beyond their means, while the top 1 percent engaged in reckless speculation on highly rated but essentially worthless securities in financial markets freed from essential regulation and public oversight.
More here.
Musical Scalpel
In his ode to the “Free Market,” Dr. Doug Hendron sings:
Well, there’s something that makes me wanna jump and shout
It seems everybody’s always talking about
The free market, as if it’s just a fact
But you know it ain’t free if it destroys your habitat
Dr. Doug wields his musical scalpel here.
National Priorities Project
Bringing transparency to the federal budget:
http://nationalpriorities.org/
Tent City University
The U.K.’s “Tent City University” offers a short course in occupied economics:
http://tentcityuniversity.occupylsx.org/?page_id=172
What Is the Economy For, Anyway?
http://depts.washington.edu/ccce/citizeneconomy/main.html
Sensible thinking about a central question.
Introducing Economics
http://introducingeconomics.org/
A compendium of useful resources for high school economics teachers.
