23 posts tagged Bartels

The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age: An Introduction In a previous post, I mentioned Larry Bartels' important new book, Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age. Bartels is blogging about the book this week on TPMCafe. In his lead-off post, he reviews some of his key findings: 1.

On the day the first of Bush’s "economic stimulus" tax rebates hit some citizens’ bank accounts, it should be noted that this is the first federal tax rebate in history in a Presidential election year. No one in Washington previously has had the nerve to so openly pander for votes with money.

Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age By Larry M. Bartels Princeton University Press Princeton, NJ: 2008 328 pages $29.95 ... American beliefs about inequality are profoundly political in their origins and implications.

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The Minister of the Interior, has per Executive Instrument, reduced the 22-hour curfew imposed on the Bawku municipality, which will now hold from 3pm to 7am. Mr. Kwamena Bartels told Joy FM that the new development follows security intelligence and the advise of the Regional Security Council that the situation has relatively subsided, with the installation of beefed-up security.

The death toll in the renewed conflict in Bawku is now five, confirmed by the Interior Minister. Mr. Kwamena Bartels told Joy FM that the situation is pretty calm except for occasional gunshots heard in the municipality.

Bawku in the Upper East Region has just been placed under a 22-hour indefinite curfew beginning from 9am Monday after continuing gun battles exploded on Sunday between Kusasis and Mamprusis claiming four lives.

As a self-identified member of the reality-based community, I think I'm obligated to face facts even when they contradict my opinions. [Sigh!] We won't get into how often that may happen. But I have to modify my notion that Obama's "bitter" comment was basically right.

Straight from my favourite stateside cable channel, , this teaser for their girls' centric series GKA sees surfers Rochelle Ballard, Melanie Bartels, Sage Erickson and Kyla Langen ride some epic waves and go tree surfing...

While green building and luxury living in Manhattan are now practically married, a truly unique candidate for LEED certification is now going up forty miles out of the city. “Green is becoming the new amenity of choice in luxury housing.