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Treasury Secretaries

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Before I leave work to check out the Drunkdriver show at Deep Sleep, just wanted to drop a few good reads…
In case you hadn’t noticed, Obama has selected Tim Geithner to replace Hank Paulson as the next Treasury Secretary. As the Telegraph.co.uk reports:
…by picking New York Federal Reserve boss Tim Geithner, Obama has ensured a smooth transition.
That’s because [...]

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Neoliberalism with a human face

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Now that maybe some of you are coming down from your Obama-highs, let’s take a closer look at what the majority of you actually voted for.
Rewind to the Fall of 2006, when socialistworker.org had this to say about Barack Obama (emphasis mine):
In Latin America, they’ve got a name for the kind of politics that Sen. Barack Obama represents: [...]

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