Paul Krugman: Prisons, Privatization, Patronage

Paul Krugman: "So let’s see: Privatized prisons save money by employing fewer guards and other workers, and by paying them badly. And then we get horror stories about how these prisons are run. What a surprise! So what’s really behind the drive to privatize prisons, and just about everything else? One answer is that privatization can serve as a stealth form of government borrowing, in which governments avoid recording upfront expenses (or even raise money by selling existing facilities) while raising their long-run costs in ways taxpayers can’t see." Read it here:

Bill Moyers with Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith on the Banks - The Psychopathy of Wall Street

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Clinical diagnosis (PCLR) of personality of corporation

Opinions by Dr. Robert D. Hare, Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker.

Paul Krugman's solution to getting fiscal stimulus | PBS News Hour

18 June 2012 Amid a tough economy, economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has probably captured as much attention -- and notoriety -- as anyone else in his field. Part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series, Paul Solman speaks with Krugman whose new book "End This Depression Now" suggests some radical policy-making. -

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Obama elevates amid disrespect

President Obama announced a new policy on immigration today, saying the government would stop deporting some children of illegal immigrants. The President's speech was interrupted at one point by Neil Munroe, a blogger for Tucker Carlson's website, the Daily Caller. Watch it.

"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations". - George Orwell

Marty Kaplan on Big Money’s effect on Big Media

27 April 2012 Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system.

Delbert McClinton - "Giving It Up For Your Love"

Ed Schultz and Bernie Sanders discuss the GOP war on the US Postal Service

4 April 2012