Why Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis
Why framing the political struggle in Italy as mainstream versus populist shifts focus away from the most important issue, Eurozone reform, where the battle is mercantilists versus Keynesians.
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Wilkerson: Don’t Trust Trump, Bolton to Deliver US-North Korea Peace
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and Real News Network host Aaron Mate mix it up a bit more than usual on the topic of North Korea.
Read more...Why Did Trump Win? Robots Are to Blame
Why robots, and not “bots,” may have been responsible for Trump’s win.
Read more...Links 6/22/18
Richard Murphy: New Funding Structure for the Bank of England Suggests That the Treasury Thinks the Proverbial Is Going To Hit the Fan
The Bank of England is being readied to print, as in deficit spend, in the face of a hard or crash out Brexit.
Read more...What We Can Really Learn From Gandhi? “When I Am Arrested”
Gandhi’s overlooked message on the importance of courage and commitment.
Read more...The Growth of America’s Militarized Law Enforcement System, a Product of a War Economy
The proliferation of military weapons and gear corresponds to that of para-militarized law enforcement officers.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Notes on Seymour Hersh’s Book “Reporter”
Seyrmour Hersh’s retrospective demonstrates how much nerve it takes to do reporting, and how few reporters have it.
Read more...Alongside Rising Top Incomes, the Level of Living of America’s Poorest Has Fallen
As the rich in America get richer, the poorest fall further behind.
Read more...Links 6/21/18
Mexican Business Elite, US Government, Brace for Likely Win by Leftist Obrador as Mexico’s President
What might a win in the July 1 presidential election by the charismatic, anti-neoliberal Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado mean for Mexico and the US?
Read more...Don Quijones: How the ECB Helped Spain “Recover” Faster than Italy from the Crisis
How “financial repression,” as in negative real interest rates, whacked Italy and boosted Spain.
Read more...Bill Black: Kill the Hastert Rule – A Pedophile’s Indefensible Rule Harms America
How Democrats have failed either to oppose or capitalize on the democracy-thwarting Hastert Rule.
Read more...The World Cup: The Dismal Science and the Beautiful Game
A light-hearted economic analysis of the World Cup
Read more...Bill Black: Bitcoin Frauds Keep Growing
Another area where bitcoin hype exceeds reality.
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