September 2, 2009 1:48am • 0 Comments
The main news since the Summer of 2008 has been the global economic crisis, an event described by economists and most pundits as a “financial meltdown” caused by the irresponsibility of US lending institutions and consumers alike in offering—and accepting—“sub-prime” mortgages, interest-only loans, and a series of complex derivative financial instruments. Many of the variable mortgages, which were initiated during the credit-driven bubble of the 1990s (and welcomed by the Clinton administration) and whose growth accelerated in the first years of the new century, require homebuyers to put no money down. Interest rates on these kinds of mortgages, which begin ...
September 2, 2009 1:15am • 0 Comments
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Humans seem to need commemorative celebrations. The importance of commemorations can hardly be underestimated. Beyond reaffirming our common species identity, they often help us recall important milestones that the complex of cultural and political influences conspire to facilitate forgetting. 2009 is auspicious in this regard: it is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s Origin of the Species (but have we forgotten Marx’s A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, an important precursor to Capital?—this ‘forgetting’ has clear ideological roots in the disparagement of Marx and historical materialism which is deeply ingrained in our collective ...
September 1, 2009 10:23pm • 1 Comment
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October 24, 2008 4:18am • 0 Comments
Stanley Aronowitz will be speaking at the “After Bush” conference, convened by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 10, 2008. Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin, Germany.
March 25, 2008 8:17am • 0 Comments
A conference on “The Life and Work of Stanley Aronowitz” will be held at University of London–Queen Mary, May 19, 2008.
March 25, 2008 8:15am • 0 Comments
Paradigm Publishers has started shipping Against Schooling: For an Education that Matters.
February 7, 2008 6:13am • 0 Comments
An interview with Stanley Aronowitz aired on December 12, 2007, focusing mainly on his latest book, Left Turn, published in late 2006.
February 7, 2008 6:11am • 0 Comments
Stanley was interviewed by Bill DiFazio on May 30, 2007. The big question up for debate was, Why do Republicans get elected?