Another Sign of Social Decay: Seniors Alone, Unable to Care for Themselves
More grim facts about seniors show the costs of weakened social bonds and communities.
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Subprime Auto Loans Explode, “Serious Delinquencies” Spike to Record. But There’s No Jobs Crisis, These Are the Good Times
Nearly a quarter of all subprime auto loans are 90+ days delinquent. Why?
Read more...Psychologist Explains Why Economists—and Liberals—Get Human Nature Wrong
Why moral psychology can help us see ourselves and each other more clearly than economists’ homo economicus.
Read more...Yet More Finance Profiteering: Green Bonds
Count on Wall Street to find a profit angle in actual or pending disaster. Green bonds are becoming a hot idea.
Read more...Developing Countries Showing America Up
America isn’t a very comfortable place.
Read more...Orwell Goes to Iowa
In fairness, Orwell was far more skilled than the Iowa Democratic Party and DNC are showing themselves to be. This is just lame.
Read more...How Corporations Are Forcing Their Way Into America’s Public Schools
Virginia shows how corporations such as Amazon, Cisco and Ford want to control schools right down to the curriculum.
Read more...400 Million Locked Down in China To Fight Coronavirus
Another estimate of the severity and potential broader impact of the coronavirus.
Read more...Stunning Sinn Féin Win Upends Ireland Politics
Sinn Féin is on its way to shaking up Ireland.
Read more...A Socialism Equal to the World
Now that “socialism” is an acceptable word to use in conversation, what should socialists and their potential allies seek?
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This Philadelphia Refinery Is the Country’s Worst Benzene Polluter. Trump Wants To Keep It Open
Trump-aided behind-the-scenes shenanigans may keep a horrifically toxic refinery in business.
Read more...Twitter Is Blocking My Tweets (Updated: Back to Normal)
I appear to have been banned on Twitter.
Read more...Climate Change Needs To Be on the Balance Sheet
Serious people are finally calling for serious climate change accounting.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Two: Profits and Cash Flow Keep Deteriorating as Uber’s GAAP Losses Hit $8.5 Billion
Dissecting how Uber spun its 2019 financial reports. The actual results continue to be ugly, with no path to profit.
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