War Is Bad for You — And the Economy
How war spending serves as a cover for the distribution of pork at the expense of American needs.
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Links 2/24/2024
Are Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health Incompatible?
Pandemic-era have often pitted evidence-based medicine proponents against supporters of more traditional analytical methods.
Read more...The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi
The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.
Read more...Identity and the Professional Managerial Class
Largely a tribute to Barbara Ehrenreich’s work over time on the Professional Managerial Class.
Read more...BMJ Decries Necrocide in Gaza as UN Describes “Shocking, Desperate Conditions”; Johns Hopkins Estimates Escalation Would Produce 85,000 More Deaths in 6 Months
The world fiddles while Gaza bleeds.
Read more...Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It’s Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School
The US continues to embrace rolling back progress as Florida greenlights measles by letting infected kids go to school.
Read more...New York City Survey: Unsheltered Migrants Increased Homeless Population by 25%
Some data from New York City shows how the marked increase in new migrants is stressing services and not good for the migrants either.
Read more...WSJ Misinforms by Omission in Article on Oil Sanctions-Buster by Ignoring Dollars and SWIFT
A heavily-researched Wall Street Journal article on Russian oil sanctions evasion is half baked.
Read more...Understanding Iran’s Non-State Network
A discussion of Iran’s relationship with various militia groups.
Read more...The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI
AI runs on power-hungry equipment that uses millions of gallons of fresh water. Policymakers are weighing the costs.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Higher Education Crapification – The New School Case Study
How the education part of higher education has become an afterthought.
Read more...Links 2/21/2024
‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth
Opioid abuse marches on relentlessly, with little attention to the broader social stresses that make the US such an outlier on this front.
Read more...Trump 2.0 Set To Gut Biden’s Energy and Climate Policies
Trump is preparing to take a lot of ground if he wins in November, with rolling back green policies a top priority.
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