http://www.populareconomics.org Economics for People, Not Profits Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:59:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en read more >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2012/01/cpe-members-join-urpe-occupy-chicago-to-protest-mainstream-economists%e2%80%99-role-in-the-financial-crisis/ 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 >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2012/01/gerald-friedman-testifies-to-massachusetts-general-court-about-healthcare/ Check out a Summer Institute participant’s piece on media justice and the Occupy Wall Street movement. Center for Media Justice’s Betty Yu explains How Net Neutrality Helped Occupy Wall Street. ]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/12/media-justice-for-the-99/ website.   Occupy Economics from Softbox on Vimeo. ]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/11/occupy-economics/ In These Times. In her work, Nancy Folbre, a University of Massachusetts economics professor, explores the intersection of feminist theory and political economy, with a special emphasis on what she calls “care work” – the labor, often outside the money economy, that goes into caring for children, the sick or the elderly. She is well known for her ability to explain these ideas in simple, accessible language, both in [...] read more >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/11/a-care-socialist-speaks-out/ Huffington Post. Occupy Wall Street has hit a chord with people, underscoring what many see as the primary problem of the U.S. economy — the dominance of financial interests. A recent poll discovered that 43 percent of people agree with the views of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and only 27 percent disagree. Wall Street symbolizes all global financial institutions and we shouldn’t forget that it [...] read more >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-from-a-human-rights-lens/ Occupy Boston When: Tue, November 1, 3pm – 4pm Where: Free School University, Dewey Square, Boston, MA (map) One of the resources that the 99% has to draw on is the small but dedicated number of radical political economists who buck recent historic trends in their profession to research and advise as to how our economic systems could be changed so that they really serve the many, and not just the few. [...] read more >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/10/occupy-boston-cpes-jerry-friedman-on-money-banking-and-democracy/ The Center for Popular Economics stands in solidarity with the Occupy Wall St. movement. CPE economists have been doing teach-ins in NYC, Boston and Amherst. We have also developed some resource materials on important issues that have been raised by some protesters. (See links below.) The demands to abolish the Fed and to return to the gold standard are frequently heard. It is true that the Fed favors the interest of the banks, and is plagued by [...] read more >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/10/occupy-wall-st-abolish-the-fed-back-to-the-gold-standard/ http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/10/a-capitalism-alternative-the-mondragon-cooperatives-with-professor-fred-freundlich-2/ Truthout, Monday October, 10th 2011 by Leslie Thatcher at Truthout The Center for Popular Economics longtime staff economist and founding Co-Director of the University of Massachusetts Political Economy Research Institute Gerald Epstein spoke with Truthout’s Leslie Thatcher on Thursday July 27 at Smith College about the history and role of progressive economists and the essential steps to right our economy so that it actually meets people’s needs. (Photo: David Gray / Flickr) Leslie Thatcher for Truthout: Jerry, [...] read more >]]> http://www.populareconomics.org/2011/10/what-are-economics-for-interview-with-economist-jerry-epstein/