Subjective Well-Being During Spain’s Decline: Evidence from Crusade Bulls
Sales of Crusade Bulls, a form of indulgence that Spain preserved after they were in decline elsehwere, may shed light on other social issues
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City’s Newest Migrants Head Underground Looking to Survive
Migrants are finding it harder to get by in already difficult roles like illegal street vendor work in the subways.
Read more...US Geopolitics: Believing Impossible Things
On the global stage, US can only barely keep up the pretense that it is not losing its mind.
Read more...Are US Prescription Drug Prices 10 Times Those of Other Nations? Only Sometimes
Misleading fact checking as a way to denigrate figures who regularly challenge the mainstream, here Bernie Sanders.
Read more...Could a Far-Right vs Centre-Left Showdown Be the Future of British Politics?
Amid global pressures, a centrist Labour government could face a far-right opposition, with no true reformists in sight
Read more...‘Market Fundamentalism’ Is an Obstacle to Progress
Why market cheerleaders are bad for you.
Read more...Deaths of Despair Now Significant Among the Young
The US cancer of deaths of despair has progressed from less educated middle aged whites to the young of all stripes.
Read more...Ukraine’s Neoliberalism on Steroids, Europe’s Economic Suicide
Yves here. Sit back and enjoy yet another discussion between Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, this time joined by Professor Mick Dunford at the Geopolitical Hour. Today’s tour starts with Ukraine, moves to Russia, and then continues to Europe, the US and China. It is noteworthy to see the Western media act as if Europe’s […]
Read more...United Pilots Picket for Better Contract After American, Southwest Counterparts Authorize Strikes
Will “the most pro-labor president in history” get to smash another looming strike?
Read more...Big Food Raking in Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis
Big food company profit-goosing price hikes confirms that the Fed is barking up the wrong tree in going after labor.
Read more...New Wave of Asylum-Seekers at US Southern Border as Title 42 Expires
Even the mainstream media acknowledges that an expected surge of immigrants at the US border will push a bad situation into crisis.
Read more...We Can Use AI in the Economy but Only If We Are Willing To Tax Capital More Heavily
What future is there for labor with AI?
Read more...Mass Incarceration’s Impact on US Life Expectancy
Research suggests prison accelerates the aging process and may be a factor in falling U.S. life expectancy.
Read more...Covid: The Poor People’s Pandemic
Liz Theoharis, co-chair of Poor People’s Campaign, indicts how Biden is abusing the needy by ending pandemic emergency programs.
Read more...“In the Coronation, Britain’s Ruling Class Will Cast Its Dark Spell on Millions”
Do the Royals still have this sway? “Charles’ coronation will encourage millions to keep marching to the beat of Britain’s posh boys”
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