Merkel Channels Varoufakis: “No Plan B,” in This Case, on Migrants
Is Angela Merkel’s “Plan B” remark a Freudian slip, a recognition that like Varoufakis, she’s alienated so many people that she can no longer cinch a deal?
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The Ogre & the Cog: A Tale of Modern Misallocation
The tale of the ogre and the cog endeavors to explain why modern capitalist machinery isn’t working the way it is supposed to. The open question is whether this is inevitable.
Read more...Black Lives Matter Activist Confronts Clinton About Racially Charged “Superpredator” Statement Because the Corporate Media Won’t
When confronted by Black Lives Matter, Sanders gave them the mike. By contrast, Clinton started temporizing and had them removed.
Read more...A Clinton Presidency Has Been/Would Be a Disaster for Black and Brown Communities. Here’s Why.
Hillary Clinton supported policies that devastated black communities, as well as using racist code words to attract Southern whites.
Read more...Robert Reich: Are We Witnessing the Death of America’s Political Establishment?
The elites in America are so cloistered that Robert Reich has to tell them why the natives are restless.
Read more...San Francisco: “Baghdad by the Bay” for People of Color
Racism is alive and well in the San Francisco police force.
Read more...Did Money Evolve? You Might (Not) Be Surprised
A short history of money, and what that tells you about it.
Read more...“Greed”: Announcing Econ4 Video Contest Winners
Please watch the winning entries in Econ4’s video contest on the topic of greed.
Read more...The Koch “Center for Free Enterprise”: A Slippery Slope Indeed
The Koch brothers see academia as yet another activity that adheres to the Golden Rule: he who has the gold sets the rules.
Read more...For First Time In Years, Labor Resistance Is on the Rise in America
Is the rise in labor unrest in 2015 a harbinger or mere noise in the data?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Michelle Alexander, the Black Community & the Hillary Clinton Campaign
Michelle Alexander and some other black political and opinion leaders challenge knee-jerk loyalty to Hillary Clinton. Will these doubts spread?
Read more...Can Mass Migration Boost Innovation and Productivity?
Mass migration is getting a bad rap. Is it entirely deserved?
Read more...Technology and the Future of Work
Discussions of technology-driven change fail to distinguish between productivity-enhancing technology and disruptive technology.
Read more...Chinese Communists and Wacko U.S. Right Want to Save Us from Girlie Men
Real men are evidently an endangered species,. Chinese communists and the American Enterprise Institute are in the vanguard of trying to fix that.
Read more...Gaius Publius: The Pressure on Warren to Support Hillary Clinton
The hypocritical feminist project to strong-arm Elizabeth Warren into backing Hillary Clinton.
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