The Crapification of Mattresses and Retail Therapy (and an Iran Aside)
The sorry state of mattresses as a worthwhile distraction from the sudden US escalation against Iran.
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A Theory or Two of These Grim Times
A theory about why things are a mess.
Read more...How Amazon Gains Control & Domination
Amazon takes over the last mile and everything else.
Read more...How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers in Industrial food
How the successful marketing of Cricso led Americans to accept all sorts of mystery branded foods.
Read more...The Terribly Difficult Things Health Care CEOs Must Do to Make the Big Bucks: Back-to-Back Meetings, Complicated Schedules, Fatiguing Driving?!
Heatlh care CEOs are a prime example of executive feather-bedding.
Read more...The Financialization of Child and Elder Care: The Tax Justice Network December 2019 Podcast
Private equity is moving in a big way into elder and child care services in the UK. Patients and parents beware.
Read more...Productivity Does Not Explain Wages
As long as we believe the neoclassical productivity farce, we will know nothing about what causes prices.
Read more...Sanders Report Shows How Millennial Generation Is ‘Being Punished With Crushing Student Debt and Low-Paying Jobs’
Sanders commissioned a GAO report on how high student debt levels and lousy wages translate into poor economic prospects for young people.
Read more...After the Argentina Debacle, the IMF Endorses Weakening Capital Controls in Ecuador
The IMF is backing a tax reform bill in Ecuador that will enable capital flight and further austerity.
Read more...As Rural Americans Struggle for Health Care Access, Insurers May Be Making Things Worse
How health insurers discriminate against rural communities.
Read more...Bill Black: Lawrence O’Donnell Aims at Buttigieg, But Hits New Democrats
A takedown of the New Democrats’ love of austerity.
Read more...The Green New Deal as an Anti-Neoliberal Program
On the positive effects of a Green New Deal.
Read more...Boeing Halts 737 Max Production to Reduce Cash Burn; Suppliers Hit; Measurable Ding to GDP Expected
Boeing takes a 737 Max self-preservation measure, to the detriment of suppliers and even the overall US economy.
Read more...Don’t Blame Corbyn or Brexit: Labour Failed To Rage Against the Hated Political System
A take on why Labour failed.
Read more...Evil is Baked into Big Tech’s Business Plan. Now What?
In her new book, Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar explores how companies like Google and their tech brethren stampede over all of us.
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