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.
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Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff: BRICS High Aspirations Versus Cautious First Steps
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss the recent BRICS summit as well as its rapidly-evolving geopolitical backdrop.
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...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...Mapping the Solidarity Economy
A worker-owned collective helps Chicagoans find mutual aid-based organizations, in the face of a weakening economy and social safety nets.
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...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...OK, Forget it, False Alarm, Labor Market Is Fine, Bad Stuff Last Month Was Revised Away, Wages Jumped. No More Rate Cuts Needed?
New and revised labor market data suddenly says the US economy is just fine. Mr. Market’s continued rate cuts look off the table for now.
Read more...Cities Are Clearing Encampments, but This Won’t Solve Homelessness − Here’s a Better Way Forward
Following a Supreme Court ruling approving the criminalization of homelessness, many jurisdictions are imposing harsh rules and punishments.
Read more...‘Why We Need Medicare for All’: Boeing Revokes Health Benefits for Striking Workers
Boeing management continues its intransigent, now punitive, posture towards its union, after years of squeezing pay, risking the company
Read more...The Fed and the “Soft Landing” – Policy or Luck?
The Fed has little to do with the fall in inflation. Limited labor bargaining power and easing supply chain problems were more important.
Read more...What We Can Learn from Gen Z Workers
Rather than blame young workers for bad attitudes, we need to understand why Gen Z prioritizes its well-being over company health.
Read more...Rethinking US Foreign Policy for a Multipolar World
Imagining a new set of American values with the help of Whip Randolph’s “One Disease, One Cure.”
Read more...Fall Fashion’s Economic Forecast
A sampling of fall/winter women’s frocks does not make for an upbeat economic forecast.
Read more...CBO: GOP Social Security Plan Would Cut Benefits by Thousands, Not Extend Solvency
The CBO releases an analysis of a Project 2025-adjacent plan to reduce Social Security benefits. The “reforms” don’t improve fund solvency!
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