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Adolph Reed on Sanders, Coates, and Reparations

Adolph Reed begs to differ with Ta-Nehisi Coates on reparations.

This entry was posted in Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values on February 5, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Gaius Publius: A Non-Neoliberal Woman President Is Not One of the Choices

Hillary as a neoliberal is not your friend….unless you are a member of the 1% or on their meal ticket.

A Lesson for 2016: Upton’s Sinclair’s 1934 End Poverty in California (EPIC) Gubernatorial Campaign

Upton Sinclair put forward radical plan for combatting the desperate conditions of the Great Depression. They illustrate how blinkered our vision has become.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on January 26, 2016 by Yves Smith.

New York Review of Books on How Oligarchs Use Philanthropy to Advance Their Social Agendas (and a Shout Out to NC)

How the 0.1% are using philanthropy as a Trojan Horse for social engineering.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Hedge funds, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Private equity, Social policy, Social values on January 25, 2016 by Yves Smith.

The 0.1%’s Marie Antoinette Moment

A card-carrying member of the 0.1%, Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone, has reveled himself to be dangerously out of touch.

Gauis Publius: The Clinton Campaign Speaks to the New York Times

The Clinton campaign is too obviously interested in its success over that of the nation. And despite the Sanders surge, it still believes in its inevitability.

Why Letting the Koch Brothers Create a “Center for Free Enterprise” at Public University WCU is a Bad Idea

The hidden strings in a Koch Brothers gift to Western Carolina University, and why its faculty is opposed.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Corporate governance, Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values on January 18, 2016 by Yves Smith.

What’s Your Threat Score?

Pre-crime has arrived.

Neoliberal Capitalism, Its Crisis, and What Comes Next

The fundamental contradictions of neoliberal capitalism are pushing it to the breaking point.

2015: A Failing Fiscal Policy

Although the case study is the UK, this post is yet another example of how counterproductive austerity is, from both an economic and a social perspective.

Koch Brothers’ Culture Grab: Latest Donation, to Western Carolina University, for “Center of Study of Free Enterprise” Despite Faculty Vote “No”

How the Koch Brothers are using educational purchases, um, donations, to make cultural norms even more business-friendly.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on January 12, 2016 by Yves Smith.

“You Just Need to Be White to Win”

Ads for products to make skin white… and intersectionality.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social values on January 10, 2016 by Lambert Strether.

Are Charter Schools the New Subprime Mortgages?

How fraud and mistreatment of students are embedded in the charter school system.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values on January 6, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Michael Olenick: The Lesson of Newtown – Time to Charge for the True Cost of Gun Ownership

Yves here. The headline of an article at NBC says it all: Small-Bore? President Obama’s Actions on Guns Make Marginal Changes. Michael Olenick proposed a more effective approach…of a type that curiously has been absent from proposals on how to curb gun ownership. This post first ran on December 17, 2012 By Michael Olenick, a […]

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on January 6, 2016 by Yves Smith.