Industrial Policy: Lessons from China’s Shipbuilding
A study of China’s shipbuilding industrial policy finds big market share gains did not produce domestic welfare benefits.
Read more...Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents
As Climate Disasters Increase, Official Responses Like FEMA to Helene Come Up Short
On the oddly muted reporting of FEMA’s performance in Helene, and why that matters for future disaster responses.
Read more...Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
New institutional economics won another “Nobel prize”, claiming that good institutions and governance ensure growth, equity & democracy.
Read more...The Economics of Medicine: Personal Reflections
More examples of how medicine, at least as practiced in the US, is going off the rails.
Read more...Heterodox Approaches Will Provide Answers to the Multiple Cascading Crises of Our Future
The old normal is rigid and destructive to humans and the planet. Heterodox ideas offer some hope, but will they be sufficient?
Read more...The Dark Side of AI-Powered Synthetic Biology
Another warning about the dangers of AI-supercharged synthetic biology.
Read more...How Corporate Vehicles Conceal Crime and Chicanery
Financial vehicles designed to conceal wealth and questionable activity fuel corruption and crime while allowing perps evade accountability
Read more...Book Review: All History Is Environmental History
“History for an urban, globalized, and divided planet, written from a position of empathy for the all-too-human dreams of fossil-fueled escape that now lie in ruins.”
Read more...Satyajit Das: US Presidential Politics – The More They Bicker, the More They Stay the Same
US presidential candidates promise policy choices but have little room to manoeuvre. Ergo, politics turns into a contest like American Idol
Read more...Big Digital Tech Moves Into Synthetic Biology: The Generative AI Rush / Black Box Biotech P1/2
A new report, Black Box Biotech, warns of the biodiversity and error risk of AI engineered proteins, aka synthetic or “generative biology”.
Read more...Rob Urie: Failed US Economic Policies Lie Behind Current Geopolitical Tensions
How US fealty to neoliberalism undermined its economy. And why China’s choices are not likely to produce happy outcomes.
Read more...Evidence CEOs Tried to Illegally Boost Oil Prices Grows as FTC Bars Hess from Chevron’s Board
FTC’s latest findings bolster claims of collusion among shale producers raised in ongoing Congressional probes and major class-action lawsuits.
Read more...When We Have Well-Funded Palliative and Social Care, We Can Discuss Assisted Dying, but We’re Not There Yet
A discussion of the shortcomings of end of life care in the US and UK.
Read more...Interview with Richard Eskow: ‘Putin, Ukraine and War’
As the prospects for war ratchet up, will U.S. elites stand down? A discussion with Richard (RJ) Eskow.
Read more...Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson: West’s Colossal Failure: Peace Summit in Switzerland, US Decline, Rise of BRICS
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff, in fine form, discuss the remarkable US success in driving its strategic rivals into alliances.
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