200th Anniversary of the Birth of Marx and a Revolution in Understanding History
How Marx recognized the economic forces that give rise to and perpetuate ideologies that promote injustice.
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Monopoly Capitalism: At The Breaking Point?
Michael Hudson discusses monopoly capitalism on the Laura Flanders show.
Read more...Stabilising the Real Economy Increases Average Output
This column summarizes research indicating that stabilizing the real economy raises the long-run level of output.
Read more...Leaky Fed: New Study Uses Taxi Ride Data to Show Increase in Visits When Blackout Lifted and Around FOMC Meetings
Taxi ride data suggests that the Fed is throwing some juicy informational bones to big banks, whether by accident or design.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Great Pacific Garbage Patch Grows
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major plastic accumulation zone located between California and Hawaii, is growing at a rate greater than previously believed, according to a new scientific paper published last week.
Read more...Monopoly Now Wants You to Cheat—Just Like Real Capitalists
Bad monopoly behavior, both in the classic game and in real life, are ever more in vogue. But a backlash has begun.
Read more...Climate Change Mitigation Pays Off $6 for Every $1 Invested…As Funds Targeted for Cuts
Why more isn’t being done on the climate change mitigation front.
Read more...Intel: No Financial Meltdown
Some economists are Not Happy to see Intel getting away virtually scot free from its Meltdown and Spectre security train wrecks.
Read more...Meltdown and Spectre FAQ: Crapification at Scale
Billions, nay trillions, of processors. What, if anything, to do?
Read more...Why Are Profit-Making Factories Closing Across England?
The curious case of England’s closing factories shows the need for industrial strategy to counter rampant short-termism.
Read more...Matt Stoller: “Monopoly is a Form of Lawlessness”
A high-level talk of the ebb and flow of monopoly power over the past century and what to do about them now.
Read more...Evidence from Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards
Evidence that women face higher obstacles to professional achievement than men.
Read more...Exploiting the Elderly: Crapification and Long-Term Care Insurance, Genworth as Case Study
Genworth’s flagging long-term insurance business as a window into the challenges facing even the high-functioning elderly.
Read more...Tech Giants Look to WTO to Entrench Their Monopoly Powers and Profits
How tech titans are using the WTO and trade agreements to further strengthen their dominant positions.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Socialism, Land and Banking: 2017 Compared to 1917
Why did socialism lose out in the 20th century to rentiers promoting neoliberalism?
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