Catalonia’s Drive for Independence and the Emergence of Global Cities
Is competition between Barcelona and Madrid the real driver of Catalonia’s independence movement?
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Brexit Becomes More Unhinged as Tory Cage Match Intensifies While May Tries (Again) to Blame EU
The latest Brexit snow job reflects the fact that the Tories are a dead party walking.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: America’s Permanent Wars as Mere Background Noise
How the US media barely deigns to take notice of our neverending wars.
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Read more...Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Why Naked Capitalism is your weapon against Larry Summers.
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EU Dashes UK Fantasy of Talking About “Future Relationship,” Meaning Trade, Soon
Yet another Brexit fantasy bites this dust, this one the much-ballyhooed “future relationship” talks.
Read more...What Will Replace Outdated Left and Right Economic Thinking? The Commons Paradigm
Why the commons paradigm offers an important and practical lens for re-imagining politics, governance and law.
Read more...How Economists Turned Corporations into Predators
How shareholder value theory and other bad ideas created lousy incentives for corporations’ executives.
Read more...Catalonia Versus Spain: Conflict Escalates as Constitutional Court Nixes Independence Declaration Pre-Emptively
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Read more...Facebook’s Fake Numbers: Parsing Facebook’s “Reach” Inflation
Facebook tells Big Lies about its users. Why aren’t advertisers making a Big Stink?
Read more...Tax Breaks Make $50 Oil Profitable in the U.S.
A short overview of the importance of tax breaks to oil company profits.
Read more...Sneaky Trump Scheme Guarantees Profits of Coal and Nuclear Power Plant Owners
Trump’s latest giveaway: a massive subsidy to coal and nuclear plant operators via unnecessary and costly electricity backup requirements.
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