Radio commentary, February 7, 2009

[As the introductory sentence says, these comments were the opening to a special fundraising edition of Behind the News in its KPFA avatar. No audio is available because the show consisted mainly of excerpts from David Harvey’s lectures on Capital and pleas for support. If you like reading these commentaries and listening to the audio archives, you can help assure them a future by pledging to support KPFA. You can do that online here: Donate to KPFA. The lectures by Harvey are listed in the right column, “$101 and Up” – search for… Read More

Radio commentary, January 15, 2009

Audio: January 15, 2009 Re: the economic news, not only does the news remain bad, I’m tempted to say that it will continue to get worse. Some listeners have heard me say this already, but the home audience on WBAI hasn’t yet. The U.S. employment report for December was a horror. Total employment fell by 524,000, with almost every sector showing losses. Almost half the loss came in goods production, mainly construction and manufacturing. But it wasn’t just the goods sector either. Private services got hammered too. The losses in services are among… Read More

Radio commentary, January 10, 2009

The Prop 8 vote: not a black thing. Divining the economic future from the record of past banking crises: it’s ugly. Why is Obama conceding on tax cuts? December employment: a horror.

Radio commentary, December 11, 2008

How long a recession? Summers talks nonsense. A rebirth of worker militance?

Radio commentary, December 6, 2008

More of the same: economic weakening, and rewarding hacks. The November employment report was a stinker.

Radio commentary, November 27, 2008

No recovery til 2010? Obama rewards failure. Daewoo gets some free land.

Radio commentary, November 20, 2008

More bad news – but some cultural comfort?

Radio commentary, November 13, 2008

Even more signs of economic weakening; inspiring appointments by Mr Changiness, eh?

Radio commentary, November 6, 2008

Economy takes turn for worse; making excuses for the president-elect.