Why Income Inequality Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
A reader critical thinking exercise! Debunk an article that justifies rising inequality in the guise of offering policy advice
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Satyajit Das: What If Anything Does Brexit Really Signify?
An appraisal of the Brexit sound and fury.
Read more...Brexit: Fear, Loathing, and Anger on Both Sides of the Channel
Politicians in the UK and the EU are virtually at each other’s throats over Brexit.
Read more...Brexit: Pulling the Signal Out of the Noise
Getting a better picture on Brexit: the underlying class and economic stresses and how that might play into what happens next.
Read more...MIchael Hudson: The Slow Crash
Michael Hudson discusses some of his favorite themes; debt deflation, the high cost of consumer debt, negative interest rates.
Read more...Brexit: The Crisis Begins
The Brexit vote was a stunning repudiation of neoliberalism and austerity. But what comes next?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Socrates on Debt and Ibn Khaldun on the Cyclical Rise and Fall of Societies
Socrates described how the use of debt by the elite to strip the lower orders of their property sets up revolutions.
Read more...Sanders Has Leverage But Clinton Will Never Bargain
Clinton can offer nothing meaningful to Sanders and his supporters, and therefore Sanders has no reason to capitulate. Not hard to understand unless you are committed to not understanding that.
Read more...How Financial Crises Produce Political Polarization
Financial crises move the struggles between debtors and creditors into the political sphere.
Read more...Economists are Divided over Brexit
Even those economists that think Brexit is a disastrous idea differ on how severe the downside would be.
Read more...Questioning Immigration is Not Racism
Immigration programs need to be socially, economically and politically sustainable or they will generate resentment.
Read more...The New Education Reform Lie: Why Denver Is a Warning Sign, Not a Model, for Urban School Districts
The charter school movement ‘s claims of better results are marketing hype, as Denver demonstrates.
Read more...The Happiness Industry: How Corporations Want to Manage Your Mind
Rather than suggesting that consuming the right goods will make you happy, companies now want to create it more directly.
Read more...Why a Leave Vote May Not Result in a Brexit
The ruling classes in the UK will be highly motivated to try to get the Brexit genie back in the bottle.
Read more...Adolph Reed: Identity Politics Exposing Class Division in Democrats
Why identity politics mean most people get the short end of the stick.
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