CPE Members Join URPE & Occupy Chicago to Protest Mainstream Economists’ Role in the Financial Crisis
Occupy Chicago teamed up with the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) to organize an “Occupy the American Economics Association” event at its annual meeting in Chicago, January 5-8. Economists streaming out of the conference hotel for lunch on the first full day of the conference were met by a large group holding signs such as “Economists — Complicit in the Financial Crisis,” “Occupy the AEA,” and “Danger! Capitalist Economists at Work!” as well as some street theater. Then, a [...] read more >
Gerald Friedman Testifies to Massachusetts General Court About Healthcare
Gerald Friedman, professor of economics at UMass, testified in favor of a single-payer healthcare system at the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing hearing held in Massachusetts General Court on December 15, 2011. He addressed the deficiencies of the current healthcare system, especially focusing on the fact that in our current system, the only profitable business model for healthcare companies is to provide coverage to fewer people and deny coverage to the sick. He also addressed the waste [...] read more >
