Angus Deaton argues that the present level of inequality is a threat to “democratic capitalism” but contends that historically, even more severe inequality has been reversed.
Read more...Yet another reason to combat carbon emissions: More of them = less healthy food.
Read more...Quelle surprise! CEOs back parties with an eye to increasing their own power.
Read more...Yves here. It seemed fitting to post again on Brexit, if nothing else to commemorate, if that’s the right word, Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister of the UK Wednesday afternoon. It’s not a good omen that the EU has felt compelled to debunk Johnson’s campaign claims about Brexit that have been taken up again by […]
Read more...How rising temperatures helped create superbug C. auris and may turn other fungi lethal.
Read more...Looking at undercurrents in West Coast economies and what they might portend for the US.
Read more...The goal of any serious climate policy is to keep oil and other fossil fuels in the ground. The central question is how.
Read more...Why Facebook may be a bigger fraud than Enron.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s bill to end private equity abuses targets a wide range of bad practices.
Read more...The Malaysian government has come out against the findings of the JIT in the MH17 crash, charging US, Urkainian, and other offiicials with lying and engaging in evidence suppression and tampering.
Read more...The rule of the “radical left” Greek party Syriza came to an end earlier this month after it had abandoned its promise of reform.
Read more...History shows that incentivizing the wealthy to contribute to the population’s basic needs makes everyone a winner.
Read more...How the US has used its economic muscle to defend its hegemony and the rest of the world is looking to claw power back.
Read more...
