Aiding and Abetting Trump as Tweeter-in-Chief
The media fixation with Trump’s tweets is leading them to shirk real reporting on what Trump is up to.
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Links 7/8/17
Why You Should Never Use a Supply and Demand Diagram for Labor Markets
Showing how using default models for labor markets is a dumb idea.
Read more...18 States Sue Betsy DeVos to Reinstate Rules Protecting Students from Predatory Private Colleges
More pushback against Betty DeVos’ support for educational profiteering.
Read more...Some Remarks on MMT & Marxism in Light of David Harvey’s “Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason”
How Marxists can make use of the MMT framework rather than falling for neoliberal dogma about money and debt.
Read more...Brexit Starts to Go Pear Shaped from UK Side as Businesses Freak Out
British businessmen are starting to wake up to what Brexit really means for them, but their proposed fixes are yet more wishful thinking.
Read more...EU Takes Stand Against Crapification
The EU takes a first step towards combatting planned obsolescence and manufacturer-only repairs.
Read more...Poverty, Crime and Causality
A Swedish study has some novel findings on the relationship between crime and poverty.
Read more...Growing, Shrinking, and Long-Run Economic Performance
Why economists’ thinking about growth may be entirely backward.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! Study Confirms that ACA Narrow Networks Exclude Top Cancer Doctors
A new study confirms NC’s longstanding observations of the dangers that narrow networks pose to participants in ACA plans.
Read more...Instead of Trying to Sabotage the Trump-Putin Meeting, Democrats Should Support Vital Proposals
The dangers of Democrats continuing to foment hostilities with Putin.
Read more...Seeking Refuge in Refugees
Entries from the diary of a volunteer in a refugee camp.
Read more...The Chinese Debt Time Bomb
The latest debt data out of China adds to the expected end-game of a big reversal of fortunes.
Read more...Lee Camp: Have No Fear – Trump Is Lying Us Into War Just Like All The Presidents Before Him
The Donald is completely conventional in having the media assist him in fomenting war on trumped-up grounds.
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