In the information age, it is difficult to make sense of events. Endless amounts of information do not necessarily coalesce into a coherent narrative with explanatory meaning. The breakdown of the international order is precipitating the emergence of different narratives that engender competing truths. The German writer Goethe said: “When eras are on the decline, […]
Read more...The Wall Street Journal tells a sobering and well documented story of how ADHD Rxs in the young often lead to even more drug administration.
Read more...An overview of Stephanie Kelton’s The Deficit Myth explains the core findings of MMT. and how debt hysteria serves the rich, not the public.
Read more...Landlords of affordable apartments say the numbers increasingly don’t add up — and a rent freeze will work against tenants.
Read more...As the old baseball saying goes, sometimes “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” This became especially true since Curt Flood opened the floodgates to free agency more than fifty years ago when he refused to be treated as disposable property by the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, one August A. Busch, Jr. […]
Read more...Citizens in EU states have been rebelling against social program cuts, like pension reforms. Are changes in the retirement age necessary?
Read more...More evidence that publicly funded research is disproportionately productive and hence critical to innovation.
Read more...Spanberger in Virginia and Sherrill in New Jersey are part of the party’s spook network pushing the ratchet wheel ever rightward.
Read more...The Taxcast goes to West Yorkshire in the North of England to see social reuse of seized assets in action.
Read more...The biggest anti-hunger program in the U.S. is set to lose over $187 billion between now and 2034.
Read more...A discussion with the founder of Culdesac, a real estate developer devoted to building walkable neighborhoods.
Read more...Part the First: Financial Stability and Climate Instability. Or, could a climate-related shock trigger a recession? This is a question that could be asked only by an economist, or two, as in Advancing research on financial stability and climate-related financial risk, an editorial last week in Science: Climate change–related natural disasters such as floods, fires, […]
Read more...A sadly necessary reminder of what US regime change operations are about. Hint: nothing good.
Read more...The casual US celebration of violence runs into the reality that those required to inflict it regularly suffer deep inner damage.
Read more...Part the First: Wither Sport in This Modern World? The World Series ended last week with two games for the ages. These were the only MLB baseball games I watched all season, and as a baseball man of the old school, I picked well. Both games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue […]
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