How Responsible Is the Rental Housing Cartel for the Explosion in Homelessness?
Since collusion in pricing and vacancy hit critical mass in 2016, homelessness has soared.
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5 Lessons From Ancient Civilizations for Keeping Homes Cool in Hot, Dry Climates
To prepare for an even hotter future, designers today could learn from the past.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Debt, Economic Collapse and the Ancient World
Robinson Erhardt conducts a wide-ranging discussion of Michael Hudson’s work, including the social cost of debt bondage and rentierism
Read more...The Problem with AI
Why AI is likely to have more limited use than boosters anticipate, particularly in replacing professionals like teachers and accountants.
Read more...Cash Stuffing Gains Ground: Gen Z Is Using Cash More Than Millennials in UK, New Survey Reveals
This is one generational trend I wasn’t expecting.
Read more...Beijing and Washington Clash Over Russia Sanctions
The US continues to talk at, rather than with, China about its close ties to Russia.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2024
Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s stint at McDonalds: Fact or fiction?; Kennedyon healthy food, and on the environment.; Section 230 decision: “The business model of Big Tech is over.”;
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Rob Urie: Kamala Harris is the New Face Being Put on America’s Wars
An unvarnished assessment of what a Kamala Harris presidency would amount to.
Read more...Activists Link Climate Change, Gaza in a Campaign Targeting Citigroup
Protesters are pushing Citigroup to divest from fossil fuels and companies that are sending arms to Israel.
Read more...Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth
A full-throated critique of the claim that capitalism benefits the poors.
Read more...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.
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