Mayo Toruño
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Spring Quarter 2013 Coyote Economist
The Spring Quarter Coyote Economist has just come off the press. It contains information on our newest faculty member – Professor Daniel MacDonald, employment prospects for Econ majors, the student club – Econ Radicals, tentative teaching schedule for next academic … Continue reading
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Deficits Are Bad and the Sun Goes Around the Earth
See on Scoop.it – Explorations in Political Economy Dean Baker. “If economics were like astronomy, the experts in the field would all be calling for the government to spend what is needed to boost growth. But economics is not like … Continue reading
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Dean Baker on mainstream ideology
Dean Baker does a nice job in Worms, Pond Scum and Economists of laying out the pattern of thinking, ideology, that governs (with a few exceptions) the political and punditry class over the “crisis” confronting Social Security and Medicare, and mainstream economists’ … Continue reading
Posted in austerity, Capitalism, Ideology, Teaching Economics, The Crisis
Winter 2013 Coyote Economist
To my CSUSB fans, the Winter Quarter 2013 Coyote Economist has just come out. We have an article on Students for Quality Education, The Model United Nations at CSUSB, and the nonsense surrounding the current national debate on the deficit, … Continue reading
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California unions grow, bucking U.S. trend
Today’s LA Times had a good piece by Alana Semuels discussing the growth of labor unions within California, as a result of the growing number of Latino workers. Read her article here: California unions grow, bucking U.S. trend – latimes.com. This … Continue reading
Posted in Labor movement, Latinos
The Shameful Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: Militarizing Latin America
See on Scoop.it – América Latina by CONN HALLINAN This past December marked the 190th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy declaration by President James Monroe that essentially made Latin America the exclusive reserve of the United States. … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America, U.S. Imperialism
How we got here
See on Scoop.it – Explorations in Political Economy MAINSTREAM macroeconomics has a pretty poor reputation these days, both among the public at large and among economists in other fields. This is hardly surprising…. Mayo Toruño‘s insight: A good summary of … Continue reading
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GOP to discuss minority outreach at ‘Burwell Plantation’ room | theGrio
Just in case some of you missed this. The GOP has spent this weekend strategizing over how to reach out to minorities. They have decided to work out the details of their emerging new electoral plan, intent on wooing Latinos, … Continue reading
Posted in Ideology, Republican Party Ideology
Tagged conservative ideology, GOP, Latino Vote, Republican Party
Latinos, Republicans and Government
In the wake of the thrashing the GOP got at the polls last month, the media has been filled with stories highlighting the demographic shifts deemed responsible for Obama’s win and, more importantly, Romney’s loss. A number of pundits, both … Continue reading
Fall 2012 Coyote Economist Just Published
For my CSUSB fans: you should check out our Fall 2012 Coyote Economist. This issue has a discussion on the plight of the working classes in the U.S. since 1970; it’s not a pretty picture. But then again, you should … Continue reading
Posted in CSUSB Department of Economics, Teaching Economics
