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In America, inequality begins in the womb (John Komlos)

Posted: 2015/05/24 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video

via In America, inequality begins in the womb.

BY JOHN KOMLOS  May 20, 2015 at 4:22 PM EDT

The have-nots and the haves: In the U.S., the zip code you were born in, for example Harlem (10027) or the Upper East Side (10021), has a huge influence on your future income. Photos by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Editor’s note: In his last column for Making Sen$e, economist John Komlos laid out his argument for how income inequality begins at birth. In his latest piece, he broadens his explanation to include even more factors that determine a child’s future, like his mother’s zip code.

Komlos is the author of “What Every Economics Student Needs to Know and Doesn’t Get in the Usual Principles Text.”

Much like Israel dod in the 70s…

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https://levantreport.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/dia-2012-syria-islamic-state1.jpgOn Monday, May 18, the conservative government watchdog group Judicial Watch published a selection of formerly classified documents obtained from the U.S. Department of Defense and State Department through a federal lawsuit.

While initial mainstream media reporting is focused on the White House’s handling of the Benghazi consulate attack, a much “bigger picture” admission and confirmation is contained in one of the Defense Intelligence Agency documents circulated in 2012: that an ‘Islamic State’ is desired in Eastern Syria to effect the West’s policies in the region.

Astoundingly, the newly declassified report states that for “THE WEST, GULF COUNTRIES, AND TURKEY [WHO] SUPPORT THE [SYRIAN] OPPOSITION… THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DECLARED OR UNDECLARED SALAFIST PRINCIPALITY IN EASTERN SYRIA (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPPORTING POWERS TO THE OPPOSITION WANT, IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE SYRIAN REGIME…”.

The DIA report, formerly classified “SECRET//NOFORN”…

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Stop using income as a guide to economic class – Vox

Posted: 2015/05/21 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video

Interesting short read
http://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8592689/income-class

After a life full of hardship and stopping his studies to raise his siblings, a man finally gets to graduate from Rollins College.

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Nasty!!

via Valencia College President & Faculty Should Resign Following Vaginal Probe Scandal | East Orlando Post.