Polarization, Then a Crash: Michael Hudson on the Rentier Economy
Michael Hudson discusses the chokehold of pro-finance, pro-rentier capitalism reaching into the present COVID-19 crisis.
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How President Biden Can Fix our Trade Problem
Trump’s approach to trade largely failed because the problem can’t be solved by tariffs. Here’s the answer.
Read more...Nearly 20 Years After September 11: America Hooked on All War, All the Time
Another look at America’s preoccupation with war.
Read more...Do Billionaires Destroy Democracy and Capitalism?
The US can draw on its Gilded Age to bring its billionaires to heel.
Read more...Americans’ Hunger During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Here’s What’s Happening in Los Angeles County
More and more Americans are suffering from hunger due to Covid economic stress, as Los Angeles demonstrates.
Read more...Polarized Pandemic Response and Covid-19 Connectedness Across US States
US data shows that strict responses reduce Covid outbreaks, and less stringent (Republican) states spread disease to each other.
Read more...Is It Time for a Debt Jubilee?
Steve Keen and Micheal Hudson provide a deep dive on a debt jubilee, and how it could be implemented in a Covid-afflicted economy.
Read more...Millions of Tenants ‘Headed for Absolute Disaster’ After New Year, Owing Average of Nearly $6,000 in Rent and Utilities
The clock is ticking for underwater tenants, and Congressional relief looks set to be too little, too late.
Read more...R.I.P The University, b. 1088, d. 2020, of Covid
Opportunistic university administrators seize the opportunity presented by Covid to gut academic freedom and turn faculty into employees
Read more...Green Growth vs Degrowth: Are We Missing the Point?
A broad discussion of the climate change growth versus degrowth debate and how to move forward despite those differences.
Read more...The Scarring Effect of COVID-19: Youth Unemployment in Europe
Youth unemployment spiked in the EU after the financial crisis. Covid is set to do even more damage.
Read more...The Coming Deadly Covid Winter
Extrapolating from well-advanced Covid developments leads to some ugly destinations.
Read more...Michael Olenick: How Biden Could Tackle the Student Loan Crisis
Biden could resort to a simple bankruptcy fix for the student loan mess. But would he?
Read more...To Save the Economy, Save People First: Targeted Measures and Subsidies for Cost Effective COVID-19 Abatement
Evidence on what it would take to beat Covid: lockdowns, mask mandates with teeth, tons of testing and lots of economic support.
Read more...The Liberals’ New Passion for Snobbery and Censorship: An Interview + Review of The War on Populism and Trumpocalypse by C.J. Hopkins
Playwright and critic C.J. Hopkins was early to document the liberal embrace of intensified propaganda in the US.
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