Category Archives: American Dream
an affluent activist at occupy wall street says: raise her taxes!
Occupy Wall Street … Here’s my latest article for The Valley Advocate, about 1%er Jessie Spector, the Program Director at Resource Generation, who was arrested participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests, against her financial interest. RAISE HER TAXES Earlier … Continue reading
don’t look now, it’s media coverage of economic inequality! part two
Further congratulations to the folks at the Institute for Policy Studies, whose “Executive Excess 2011” report continues to make waves in the media. Thanks in part, no doubt, to the recent hoopla around the “Warren Buffett Rule,” proposing higher taxes … Continue reading
don’t look now, it’s media coverage of economic inequality!
While media coverage of economic inequality seems to occur with less frequency than hurricanes blowing though New York City, today appears to be the anomaly. Several publications, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Politico have all run stories … Continue reading
inside job: everything you ever wanted to know about the economy but were afraid to ask
I finally watched the (Oscar-winning) documentary Inside Job, “the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008″ (that continues today). The film’s conclusion (spoiler alert!): we have a “Wall Street government,” and have since the … Continue reading
Filed under Accountable Wealth, American Dream, Economic Justice
matt damon for president! (or at least secretary of the treasury)
As Doc Brown observed in the 1985 film Back to the Future: “Ronald Reagan? The actor [is President of the United States]? Then who’s Vice-President? Jerry Lewis? I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady! … And Jack Benny is Secretary … Continue reading
quote of the intermittent time period: james baldwin on the debt ceiling deal
Yesterday President Obama signed the bill that allows an increase in the debt ceiling. Yesterday was also the birthday of the late, great James Baldwin, who once made this comment, not about the recent political circus around the debt ceiling … Continue reading
democracy vs. aristocracy
Check out this telling graphic from United for a Fair Economy, which makes me wonder: in a society where the political campaign prerequisites (read: money) are making it more and more difficult for most people to get elected as political representatives, … Continue reading
quote of the intermittent time period VII
More from Stephen Duncombe’s Notes From Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture: “There is something about the critique of and resistance to consumption that fails to command respect. Unlike challenges to the quantity and quality of work – … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, American Dream, Class, Consumerism, Economic Opportunity
meet tom shadyac: mobile-home-living multi-millionaire
Once upon a time, a burgeoning young Hollywood director bought an 8,000 square foot Beverly Hills mansion. Only to immediately realize that he had made a huge mistake. “There I was, standing in my house that my culture had taught … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, American Dream, Lifestyle Economics
