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44. The post WW2 social contract, basically said Capital will share increasing productivity

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 12:47 PM

Jun 2012

and profits with the Workers; and the Workers, in turn, would foreswear stringing up the capitalists from
power poles.
The attack on Workers has been going on since the late Carter presidency and has continued unabated since. We wage slaves need to realize that, for us, this is not a self-correcting state of affairs.

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KRUGMAN: "Recovery Was NEVER The Point" [View all] kpete Jun 2012 OP

chaos capitalism grasswire Jun 2012 #1

Drive up public debt with war and tax breaks for th rich DontTreadOnMe Jun 2012 #2

They are already using the police to protect the banks from peaceful protesters EFerrari Jun 2012 #13

+100000000000000000000 woo me with science Jun 2012 #3

K & R, and two words, "Shock Doctrine" (Naomi Klein). nt mother earth Jun 2012 #4

Yep. This kind of "revelation" always brings that......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #21

agree n/t ewagner Jun 2012 #29

Out here in the sticks of Arkansas chervilant Jun 2012 #62

Bull's eye. hifiguy Jun 2012 #22

I've been waiting my entire life for "when the serious shit comes down" and I'm coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #43

The post WW2 social contract, basically said Capital will share increasing productivity byeya Jun 2012 #44

The best way to silence fans of laissez-faire is to hifiguy Jun 2012 #46

You need to turn that into a bumper sticker. mother earth Jun 2012 #68

Thank you. nt woo me with science Jun 2012 #36

Ditto, Paul. That's what I always believed. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2012 #5

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jun 2012 #6

I was thinking about the warning Naomi Klein wrote about. To bad no one southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #7

She has not only listed some very scary warnings, she has truedelphi Jun 2012 #55

I think we are the 3rd one. Many on the right won't open their eyes until its to late. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #56

As Krugman Points out and Rahm Emmanuel said: "Never let a Crisis Go to Waste" KoKo Jun 2012 #8

K&R SaveOurDemocracy Jun 2012 #9

Yes Siree !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #10

Its about screwing the worker and taking all support systems away lovuian Jun 2012 #11

Every time pro-elite policies fail kenny blankenship Jun 2012 #12

Most excellent rant. I only differ with the first sentence. There was no failure: freshwest Jun 2012 #20

We ARE being used chervilant Jun 2012 #63

An appropriate Parenting quote to this topic: JHB Jun 2012 #64

where do keynesians think value comes from? BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #14

What is "value"? girl gone mad Jun 2012 #23

Love. nt Zorra Jun 2012 #33

"Value" in an artificial construct. hifiguy Jun 2012 #47

just because something is a social construct BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #54

The food I eat has value Confusious Jun 2012 #65

Give the man a Pulitzer to go with his Nobel. bleever Jun 2012 #15

WOW! Kudos to Krugman! This needs to be said. nt snappyturtle Jun 2012 #16

God I love Paul Krugman Jake2413 Jun 2012 #17

Welcome to DU, Jake! hifiguy Jun 2012 #49

I've already got JEB Jun 2012 #18

That's right. That is why I started this thread a few weeks ago... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #19

" economic recovery was never the point; the drive for austerity was about using the crisis, not" greiner3 Jun 2012 #24

Duh!! (nt) harmonicon Jun 2012 #25

Gee Mr Krugman one does not need a Phd in Economics or the Nobel Prize to see what is happening dinopipie Jun 2012 #26

Austerity: the rich demanding to be paid caseymoz Jun 2012 #27

Shock Doctrine....pure and simple ewagner Jun 2012 #28

Educate America kentuck Jun 2012 #30

Thanks Kentuck! ewagner Jun 2012 #31

ewagner kentuck Jun 2012 #32

the simple truth Agony Jun 2012 #39

You, sir, have driven the nail through the 2 x 4. hifiguy Jun 2012 #41

+1 HiPointDem Jun 2012 #57

BIG DUH flamingdem Jun 2012 #34

The "Official" Krugman-to-Populace Translator: George Carlin solarman350 Jun 2012 #35

That is a classic! kentuck Jun 2012 #38

Love that two Krugman posts are at the top of the greatest threads. shcrane71 Jun 2012 #37

bout' time somebody mainstream says it fascisthunter Jun 2012 #40

k rhett o rick Jun 2012 #42

Another winner for Dr. Krugman. K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #45

And i'd rec again if i could. n/t FedUpWithIt All Jun 2012 #48

...and if that doesn't work they will spike the water supplies with... L0oniX Jun 2012 #50

Absolutely right! FiveGoodMen Jun 2012 #51

We always knew that was what the ConDems were doing Prophet 451 Jun 2012 #52

"the drive for austerity was about using the crisis, not solving it" Martin Eden Jun 2012 #53

I think Krugman is a little late because protect our future Jun 2012 #58

You are joking, right? Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #67

The DLC twit Rahm admitted as such in 2008... Odin2005 Jun 2012 #59

You can acknowledge that's the game, but the question is whether the necessity to act is real. napoleon_in_rags Jun 2012 #60

Kicking with all possible strength. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2012 #61

outstanding article! shanti Jun 2012 #66