J.D. Alt: Fiat Money and Three Big Societal Challenges
How fiat money denialism, also know as austerity and deficit scaremongering, is undermining the public’s ability to tackle pressing challenges like climate change.
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NYC’s Fauxgressive Mayor De Blasio Turning into a Charter School Cheerleader
De Blasio again shows that he does not live up to his progressive branding.
Read more...Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Read more...50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Last Speech: Have We Left the Haunted House?
King described the problem of structural racism in his final speech and how the US commitment to Vietnam was hurting blacks disproportionately. What if anything has changed?
Read more...How to Construct a New Invisible Hand: A Conversation with Peter Barnes
Higher-level selection is the invisible hand.
Read more...Brexodus: The UK May Leave the EU, but the EU May Already Be Leaving the UK
One way the UK is already losing out from Brexit….the supposedly sought-after drop in immigration is hitting some important sectors.
Read more...Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia
Why it might make sense to pay heed on what the Mafia hath wrought….
Read more...Notes on the West Virginia Teachers Strike of 2018
How this strike began, the current state of play, health care as a demand, solidarity, and the role of the Democrats
Read more...With Official Unemployment This Low, Why Are Wages Rising So Slowly?
Why has wage growth been lousy in a supposed recovery? Thank your politicians for fostering the growth of the precariat.
Read more...Priceless Moments: How Capitalism Eats Our Time
Market economy to you: “All your time are belong to us”
Read more...It Will Take a Political Revolution to Cure the Epidemic of Depression
How cultural developments, like shallow personal connections and authoritarian workplaces, feed the rise in depression.
Read more...Beat the Right Wing Framing: How to Make the Case for a Better, Fairer Economy
The right has been winning the PR wars on economic issues. A major UK research project has some ideas for how to turn that around.
Read more...Why Mental Health Is the Hidden Cost of the Housing Crisis
Housing has too often become a source of insecurity rather than security.
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...Government Shutdown Once Again Shows the Lies Behind Deficit Hysteria
How the wealthy use deficit scaremongering to keep wages down and stave off calls for more investment and social spending.
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