Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth
A full-throated critique of the claim that capitalism benefits the poors.
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Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
Oxfam gives an update on the ever-widening gap between our money overlords and the poor, and how their enrichment is increasing poverty.
Read more...Peer Review: What Does It Really Mean Today?
Why peer review is not what you might think it is, and what can be done to remedy that.
Read more...On the Distortions and Distractions of the Democratic National Circus
A well-targeted rant about the offensive shallowness and neglect of concrete material needs of voters that the Democratic Party now embodies.
Read more...Why People Stay After Local Economies Collapse − A Story of Home Among the Ghosts of Shuttered Steel Mills
Why many community members don’t leave in the face of localized collapse, and how they adapt.
Read more...Three Amigos No More? US and Canada Warn of Dire Economic Consequences if Mexico Persists With Judicial Reforms
Mexico’s President AMLO responds by refusing to discuss the matter with US Ambassador Ken Salazar while giving the Mexican people a brief history lesson on US interference in Latin America.
Read more...The Rising Democratic Threat of “Hopeful Militarism”
A new Team Democrat messaging strategy boils down to “War is love.”
Read more...Michael Hudson: Forgiveness, Foreclosure, & Christianity
Michael Hudson reprises a favorite theme of how the salutary practice of debt forgiveness came to an end under Greco-Roman oligarchs
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics ~
Read more...Why US Belligerence Towards Russia Is Likely to Continue No Matter Who Is President
Biden might be senile and Blinken stupid, but it’s the plutocrats and their think tanks that run the show in Washington.
Read more...The Rate Cuts Powell Dangled in Front of Markets May Slam into Inflationary Fiscal & Economic Policies of Whoever Is in the White House Next Year
Are both parties set to continue stimulative fiscal policy, leaving Powell or a successor to reapply the monetary policy brake?
Read more...The Chokepoint: A Ubiquitous and Powerful Tool for Strategic Analysis
The chokepoint concept with a lot of maps and many examples
Read more...Beyond Leviathan: What Is the State & the Challenge To Transcend It?
István Mészáros’ “Beyond Leviathan” described origins of the state, its evolution, the need to move beyond it and how to meet that challenge
Read more...Kamala’s Failed Opportunity
In her DNC speech, Kamala Harris embraced Republican language on the economy. So how deep does her purported progressivism run?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Kennedy live briefing at 2:00PM ET; This week’s RCP polling averages (neck and neck); New Covid charts (no improvements); The toll of scientific lies ~
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