How to Know Which Impeachment Polls to Believe – and Which to Skip
Since impeachment looks likely to stay front and center of the news, how to make sense of polls.
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Links 10/15/19
Making Profit Should Not Now Be the Primary Goal of a Business: Being Net-Zero Carbon Should Be
Central banker Mark Carney argues for green economy gradual transition, Can’t get too much in the way of almighty profit.
Read more...California’s New Transparency Law Reveals Steep Rise In Wholesale Drug Prices
Drug price data in Califorinia shows mind-boggling increases in wholesale prices since 2019. Of course, the industry claims that that information is misleading.
Read more...The IMF Convenes in Washington, Deaf to the Suffering It Causes Across the Planet
A brief reminder of the IMF record of failure and harm.
Read more...Down to the Wire, Last Chance for Our 2019 Fundraiser!
Final call for this year’s fundraiser. Please chip in if you haven’t already, and very big thanks if you have!
Read more...Countdown!
We met one of our final goals! One left to beat! Will you help make this the best fundraiser evah?
Read more...Closing Hours of Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New $ and Donor Targets!
So close to our fundraiser targets! Will you be one of the ones to push us over the top?
Read more...Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our Fundraiser!
Final hours for our fundraiser! Please chip in if you haven’t already!
Read more...Brexit: The Ticking Clock
It looks as if Johnson has no way to escape asking for a Brexit extension. Or does he?
Read more...America’s Health Care Ripoff: An Example of Cancer Treatment in Australia
An Australian example of cancer treatment puts US health care to shame.
Read more...Naked Capitalism – A Vintage Tipple for Survival in the Neo-Con and Neo-Liberal World
Colonel Smithers describes how the Square Mile has changed for the worse and how that wound up making Naked Capitalism part of his daily routine.
Read more...Links 10/12/19
Income-Based Repayment Becoming a Costly Solution to Student Loan Debt
A proposal to fix income-based repayment schemes for student loan debt unwittingly illustrates the deficiencies of “preserve the status quo” approaches.
Read more...Post-Capitalists Must Understand the Role of Migration in Global Capitalism
Why the left needs to stop being naive about the economic uses of migration.
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