People Like Chrystia May Yet Save Capitalism

Chrystia Freeland | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.com: One of the most important political and economic facts of this young century is that capital has been slipping the traces of the nation-state. Business is global; government is national. That mismatch is one of the big sources of tension in the world today: Whether it comes to taxes, bank regulation or immigration, the fact that money and politics no longer live in the same neighborhood makes consensus harder to achieve.

Once Again Proud to be a Native Californian

Lessons From a Comeback - NYTimes.com: Again, however, reports of the state’s demise proved premature. Unemployment in California remains high, but it’s coming down — and there’s a projected budget surplus, in part because the implosion of the state’s Republican Party finally gave Democrats a big enough political advantage to push through some desperately needed tax increases. Far from presiding over a Greek-style crisis, Gov. Jerry Brown is proclaiming a comeback.

Nancy Folbre: Our Carbon, Our Climate, Our Cash - NYTimes.com

Bernie Sanders is still my favorite Senator. Here Nancy is blogging about a carbon tax proposal:

Nancy Folbre: Our Carbon, Our Climate, Our Cash - NYTimes.com: A new Climate Protection Act introduced by Senators Bernard Sanders, the independent from Vermont, and Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, proposes such a tax. About 60 percent of the revenues would be returned directly to consumers, 25 percent allotted to deficit reduction and 15 percent devoted to investments in renewable energy.

Rand Paul’s Loopy Ascent - NYTimes.com

Aside from the Paul Family's opposition to imperialism (US variety) there's not much to like.

Rand Paul’s Loopy Ascent - NYTimes.com: When you’ve got loons the likes of Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin fluttering about, I suppose it’s easy not to seem like such a wacko bird yourself.

Happy Cheater

The Twitter feed work around for NY Times access still works! At least for now.

Cheaters Never Prosper, Not at NYTimes Anyway

Getting around the NY Times pay wall just got harder.

I used to be able to read any number of articles for free simply by subscribing to their daily email summary of headlines, and clicking on the link. Today that doesn't work.

A few days ago, I found that my old trick of moving the link from the newsletter to the Mac desktop no longer worked either.

What can we do as a matter of principle to keep the internet free (and save a little change at the same time)? Sometimes, if you google the exact headline, you will get a direct link to the article. Or maybe you will find that another cheater has posted a link, which google search picks up and will lead you to the article. Try this site, for example:

rhythmandne.ws

Perhaps some of the Times Twitter feeds will work. I haven't tried that yet.

If any other principled cheaters have found workarounds, please let me know in the comments.

John Taylor Must Retire

Remember the good old days when Stanford economists were Keynsian ow.ly/jeWvC Miles Kimball can't stand him either