The Global Sociology Blog

Light Blogging – The Obscene Wealth List

SocProf — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:50:21 +0000

The transnational capitalist class, immune to economic shocks:

The World’s Billionaires – Forbes.com via kwout

Awww…

The Forbes 400 – Forbes.com via kwout

Still Light Blogging – Top 10 Ways to Fight Corporate Crime

SocProf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:50 +0000

By Bill Black:

Bill Black’s Top Ten Ways to Crack Down on Corporate Financial Crime | CommonDreams.org via kwout

So, what are the top 10 ways?

10. Hire 1,000 FBI agents to investigate corporate and white-collar crime

9. Appoint a chief criminologist at each of the financial regulatory agencies.

8. Fix executive compensation by tying it to long-term corporate performance.

7. Target the top 100 corporate criminals. (It would be interesting to see who would be on the list… Todd Krohn? Any suggestions?

6. Regulate first.

5. Bust up the FBI partnership with the Mortgage Bankers Association.

4. Get rid of Ben Bernanke as chair of the Fed. Replace him with Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz.

3. Get rid of too big to fail.

2. Create a consumer financial protection agency headed by Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren.

1. Fire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Office of Thrift Supervision chief John Bowman, Fed chief regulator Patrick Parkinson, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Chief John Dugan.

Still Light Blogging – The Cove

SocProf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:50:05 +0000

Holy !@#$!

This will become part of my global issues class. It touches upon so many issues:

Environment and sustainability, of course
Globalization
Global governance and the role of international governmental organizations
Global civil society / global activism
Global stratification
The multi-layered nature of global governance and the role of national governments
The mixing of cultural, political and economic factors
Health and public policy

The Visual Du Jour – Unemployment By Education

SocProf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:27:57 +0000

Via Calculated Risk, click on the image for a larger view:

Music Break – MSTRKRFT

SocProf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:31:47 +0000

Heartbreaker

Why I’m Still Light Blogging… Not For The Faints of Heart

SocProf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:22:23 +0000

Below the fold to protect the innocent and sensitive minds…

It looks worse than it is… well, not really.

Lucky me, I am well covered.

Still Light Blogging – The Sociology of Chatroulette

SocProf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:08:24 +0000

Antonio Casilli is on the case:

The sociology of Chatroulette | BodySpaceSociety via kwout

Still Light Blogging – Chronic Unemployment

SocProf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:08 +0000

Via Karl Bakeman, the March issue of the Atlantic Monthly has sociologists reflecting on the long-term impact of the recession on unemployment. The whole thing is worth a read:

How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America – Magazine – The Atlantic via kwout

Music Break – Frankmusic

SocProf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:21:52 +0000

When You’re Around:

Something That Will Go Straight Into My Syllabus

SocProf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:04:08 +0000

Via pitse1eh, something, I am sure, many of us have experienced:

Racism and the Myth of a “Victim Mentality” | Red Room via kwout

I would argue that this is especially true with sociology as we challenged the class / race / gender hegemony more than other social sciences.