The Pentagon Goes to School
The battle for the soul of American science.
Read more...Category Archives: Social policy
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...Atlanticism or Sovereignty? Fight in Germany Continues With Latest State Election
Germany’s loyal servants to Washington are being backed into a corner.
Read more...How the “Rules-Based International Order” Uses Humanitarianism to Turn Refugees Into Disposable Migrant Labor
Book review: “Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work” by Laura Robson.
Read more...Why the Cost of Water for Poor Black Detroit Voters May Be Key to Kamala Harris Winning – Or Losing – Michigan
Turns out that water and genocide are issues that are difficult to gloss over.
Read more...The West’s Blunders Help Fuel Russia’s Far East Development
A tip of the cap to the geniuses at the US State Department.
Read more...Why is Modern Monetary Theory So Important?
A big reason Modern Monetary Theory elicits pushback is that it threatens power relations, specifically, the perceived primacy of financiers.
Read more...The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion
Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.
Read more...Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win
But has she already embraced them?
Read more...Compost Co-Op: Recycling the Discarded
Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.
Read more...The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
How Georgia’s Medicaid work rules are operating as planned.
Read more...Can We Afford the Welfare State?
Unpacking why the obstacle to preserving the welfare state is not national income or demographics but rentiers increasing their take.
Read more...Religion Matters for Economic Growth through Various Channels
Religion is a ubiquitous social phenomena that can spur or impair economic growth by affecting four elements of the macroeconomic production function – physical capital, human capital, population/labour, and total factor productivity.
Read more...What’s Next for Germany After Sunday’s Elections Show Major Backlash Against Status Quo?
Two parties which oppose Project Ukraine make major gains. Is anyone listening?
Read more...Naked Capitalism’s Skunk Party Manifesto Finds a Home in the New Kentucky Party
The Skunk Party Manifesto explained how the best political system money can buy is great for its customers and lousy for the rest of us
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