Forget Lower Jobs Growth, The Number of People Who’ve Stopped Looking for Work Is Much More Worrisome
Why the jobs market isn’t as strong as the headline unemployment figures would have you believe.
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Australia Is at War With Itself Over China
The Australian secuirty services are in open war against the Government over its pro-China policies.
Read more...Charter Schools Are a Major Dividing Line for the 2020 Democratic Candidates—Education Fights in Pennsylvania Point the Way
Charter schools are finally becoming a battleground.
Read more...The Poor Who Are Not With Us
Why some of the poor get all the attention.
Read more...Is Geoengineering the Answer to the Climate Crisis?
Like it or not, geoengineering is coming.
Read more...NC Open House/House Cleaning in NYC Sunday 6/23 With Book Giveaways, Other Goodies
Hope you can stop by our open house on Sunday June 23 for some conversation and giveaways.
Read more...Meetups This Week! Hope to See You in Cleveland This Wed or in Chicago This Thursday
If you live nearby, hope to see you in Clevaland or Chicago later this week for some enjoyable and energetic discussions.
Read more...China-Russia Partnership Threatens US Global Hegemony
America expected China to join the international economic community as a subordinate power, but China’s deals with Russia show China moving towards parity in economic and military sway.
Read more...Eight Reasons Why Inequality Ruins the Economy
Econimists have noticed, awfully late in the game, that high levels of inequality are correlated with lower growth. There are reasons to think this relationship is causal.
Read more...As Developing Countries Reject Plastic Waste Exports, Wealthy Nations Seek Solutions
Chinese and emerging economy bans on accepting plastic waste exports have put the the First World in a bind. Will they quit their plastic habit?
Read more...Seventeen Ways to Think About the Finance Curse
A recap of the issues surrounding the Finance Curse, the advanced economy economy analogy of the resource curse.
Read more...Richard Murphy: For MMT (Long and Wonkish)
MMT opponents try presenting their objections as technical, but they really are political.
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Protecting Yourself from Amazon Violating Your Air Rights and Privacy by Drone Trespassing
In the unlikely event the Amazon drone delivery service gets to be anything other than for show, some ideas for how to protect your rights.
Read more...Chinese Embargo Threats Ring Hollow—the Reason Why Lies in Rare Earths
Supply chains are multinational in scope and supply. A trade embargo is ultimately self-defeating.
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