The Standing Rock Sioux Will Be Ready To Take a Trump Challenge to Courts
The Sioux have a decent legal case against Trump Administration efforts to revive the Dakota Access pipeline.
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Links 12/6/17
Bill Black: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Not Austerity
Any plan by Democrats to “Help Working People” should begin with the word “jobs.” But an obsession with austerity makes that impossible.
Read more...Saudi Arabia Surrenders To U.S. Shale
Saudi Arabia has finally blinked. What does that mean in practical terms?
Read more...Macroeconomics in the Crossfire (Again)
Economists are finally ‘fessing up to the fact that macroeconomics was never all that good and has regressed in recent decades.
Read more...Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Four: Understanding That Unregulated Monopoly Was Always Uber’s Central Objective
Why Uber’s goal is replacing urban car service with a higher cost, less efficient operation that would extract wealth from the public.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers
Will the failure of Renzi’s constitutional referendum and resulting political uncertainty finally force Italy’s banking crisis to a head?
Read more...We Demand That The Washington Post Retract Its Propaganda Story Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites and Issue an Apology
Our lawyer has a few words with the Washington Post.
Read more...We Launch PropOrNot.Org To Identify Inept Propagandists and School Amplifiers Like The Washington Post on How to Spot Them
Please visit our new site, PropOrNot.org, Have a laugh at the expense of incompetent McCarthyite wannabes!
Read more...PropOrNot’s Grandiose Fabrications
Yet more debunking of the McCarthyite wannabe website PropOrNot.
Read more...Thanks SO MUCH For a Speedy and Very Successful Emergency Fundraiser to Fight Independent News Site Blacklists
A big thanks for making our emergency fundraiser such a success, and a quick update on what is coming.
Read more...Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal
Europe is ignoring the lessons of New Deal era much to its peril.
Read more...Links 12/2/16
Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Three: Understanding False Claims About Uber’s Innovation and Competitive Advantages
Why Uber does not have any significant competitive advantages save very deep pockets that allow it to engage in sustained predatory pricing.
Read more...The Electoral Consequences of Globalization
A look at some of the economic and political issues related to globalization.
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