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Brexit Was a Cry of Financial Pain and Not the Influence of the Old

A new analysis of why voters decided for or against Brexit.

This entry was posted in Brexit, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK on October 18, 2017 by Yves Smith.

The Case of the Spitting Legionnaire

How the “spitting on our veterans” meme is a remarkable and complete inversion of the facts.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social values on October 17, 2017 by Yves Smith.

An Irrational Choice: Behavioural Economist wins Nobel Prize

A round–up of reactions to behavioral economist Richard Thaler’s selection for the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics.

Catalonia Anxious and Divided on Eve of Rajoy’s Deadline for Independence Answer

Nail-baiting in Catalonia on the eve of Rajoy’s demand for a response…..

This entry was posted in Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Social values on October 16, 2017 by Yves Smith.

The Empire Comes Home Counterinsurgency, Policing, and the Militarization of America’s Cities

American society is embracing its inner empire. Eventually, its long reach may come for us all.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Social values, Surveillance state on October 15, 2017 by Lambert Strether.

Tim O’Reilly: It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules of Our Economy

The economy game is enormously fun for far too few players and an increasingly miserable experience for many others.

Does Catalonia Have a Right to Secede?

Why the question of secession for Catalonia, or Scotland, or Quebec, isn’t easy to decide, practically and morally.

This entry was posted in Europe, Guest Post, Legal, Moral hazard, Politics, Social values on October 12, 2017 by Yves Smith.

On the Cost of Gun Ownership

Economists debate guns.

This entry was posted in Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social values on October 12, 2017 by Yves Smith.

Catalonia’s Drive for Independence and the Emergence of Global Cities

Is competition between Barcelona and Madrid the real driver of Catalonia’s independence movement?

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Social values on October 10, 2017 by Yves Smith.

Naked Capitalism: Skewering Three Trumpitudes, Promoting Critical Thinking, and Rejecting Conventional Wisdom

Help us continue to chart our independent course through hazardous waters, skewering Trumpitudes, sloppy thinking, and other fallacies.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values on October 9, 2017 by Jerri-Lynn Scofield.

Bismarck’s Health insurance And Its Impact on Mortality

The model for today’s health insurance systems was Otto von Bismarck’s compulsory health insurance, introduced in the German Empire in 1884. That’s 1884.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Social policy, Social values on October 8, 2017 by Lambert Strether.

What Will Replace Outdated Left and Right Economic Thinking? The Commons Paradigm

Why the commons paradigm offers an important and practical lens for re-imagining politics, governance and law.

This entry was posted in Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values on October 7, 2017 by Yves Smith.

Catalonia Versus Spain: Conflict Escalates as Constitutional Court Nixes Independence Declaration Pre-Emptively

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This entry was posted in Europe, Politics, Social values on October 6, 2017 by Yves Smith.