Since Barack Obama told “Joe the plumber” that “when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody” the McCain Campaign is using it as another “Red” scare, But in these tough economic times the US public seem to prefer it to John McCain’s call for more capital gains tax cuts. The Real News Network […]
Author Archives: Michael Perelman & Randy Shaw
Michael Perelman teaches economics at California State University, Chico. He has published 19 books, including, The Confiscation of American Prosperity, Railroading Economics, Manufacturing Discontent, The Perverse Economy , and The Invention of Capitalism . He writes a blog Unsettling Economics: A Progressive Look At Economics and the Rest of the Screwed Up World at michaelperelman.wordpress.com.
Randy Shaw is the Director of San Francisco's Tenderloin Housing Clinic , and is Editor of the online daily newspaper, BeyondChron.org . He has a new book Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century published by University of California Press. His previous books are The Activist's Handbook and Reclaiming America, both from UC Press.