Author Archives: Conor Gallagher

“The Algorithm Told Me to Do It”: More Price Fixing in US Rental Market

Arizona and another class action join lawsuit parade against price-setting software companies and property managers, North Carolina AG investigating.

Links 3/18/2024

Links 3/17/2024

Collapse on the EU Home Front

Germany continues to self-destruct, more austerity planned for EU, Ursula von der Leyen’s “tools” are sharpened to deal with prole backlash.

Why Are Their Lordships So Frightened of Modern Monetary Theory?

Efforts are underway to discredit modern monetary theory in the UK.

From Isolation to Containment: Washington’s Economic War Against Russia Gets a Rebrand

Foreign Affiars recycles a 75-year-old strategy from George Kennan that no longer fits the geopolitical realities of the world in 2024.

Book Review: Malcolm Harris’ “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World”

The Silicon Valley citadel of capitalism is built on eugenics, bombs, and hatred of the working class, and it’s destroying the world.

Links 3/4/2024

Armenia Freezes Participation in Collective Security Treaty Organization, Further Poisoning Ties With Russia

Even as the West is in crisis and prepares to turn its back on Ukraine it helped destroy, Armenian leaders see that and say “I want in.”

U.S. Seeks Semiconductor Supremacy with New Funding Initiatives

Is a “CHIPS Act 2.0” coming soon?

Links 3/3/2024

Democratic Rights Are No Excuse for Airing Russian Perspectives in Europe

Why are European elites “on the side of Ukraine’s freedom” so eager to curb freedoms at home? The silencing of opposing viewpoints accelerates in Italy as support for Project Ukraine declines.

Amid Pushback, the USGS Decides to Restore Its Pesticide Database

Scientists say the resource is crucial for understanding what agricultural chemicals are doing to human health and the environment.

Examining US Neocons’ Wider Black Sea Strategy

Prospects in the region aren’t looking much better than in Ukraine, chiefly due to NATO ally Türkiye, so neocons set course for a further escape from reality.