Populism and State Power
A hard look at the use of the notion of populism in recent political discourse, starting with the curious lack of self-professed populists.
Read more...A hard look at the use of the notion of populism in recent political discourse, starting with the curious lack of self-professed populists.
Read more...More evidence on cancer clusters in the Corn Belt, and the difficulty of rallying official interest and help.
Read more...The architecture of Bragg’s case, and the state of play of its various elements.
Read more...While media focus is on pro-Palestine protests in the US, anger in North Africa and Western Asia could boil over
Read more...A clinical look at the viability of Trump’s illegal immigrant deportation plan.
Read more...The rise in tuberculosis cases as an indictment of US public health and immigration policy.
Read more...The meaning of “apocalypse” has expanded in recent decades from an exclusively religious idea to include other, more human-driven apocalyptic scenarios
Read more...Industrial farming, with its international trade and specialization, has disturbed the nitrogen cycle, undermining the feeding of the world.
Read more...“It’s time to tax the billionaires,” economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis.
Read more...An assessment of how far BRICS has gotten in creating new monetary arrangements and institutions. The short version is “not very”.
Read more...More and more EU voters are rejecting the Union, as some like to call it. Economic malaise looks to be a big reason why.
Read more...Turkiye is kicking Israel in a weak spot: its economy. How much might this trade freeze hurt?
Read more...After sending Yellen and Blinken to China to make threats, the Administration has imposed some strikingly weak sanctions
Read more...What Fed chair Powell said about rate hikes, no rate cuts, rate cuts, and the QT slowdown while getting rid of MBS entirely
Read more...How the CIA evolved, or depending on your point of view, devolved into what it is today.
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