New York Rent Strikes During the 1918 “Spanish” Influenza
The hard-fought rent battles during and after the Spanish flu make modern protests look tame.
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Michael Hudson: Debt, Liberty and “Acts of God”
How ancient societies forgave debt that became unpayable due to circumstances outside the borrower’s control.
Read more...If the Federal Government Won’t Fund the States’ Emergency Needs, There Is Another Solution
Some ways aroung the Federal government’s present refusal to do much for state and localities.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Have Merkel & Macron Just Announced a Eurobond-Funded Godsend for the EU?
There’s not a lot of there there in a proposed EU rescue scheme.
Read more...Capitalism vs. Safety, Health: An Old Story Again
A short history of the fight to make workplaces less dangerous to your health.
Read more...Exclusive: Countries To Face a ‘Wave’ of Corporate Lawsuits Challenging Emergency COVID-19 Measures
Will Covid-19 trigger reprehensible investor-state dispute settlement suits?
Read more...Brexit: Yet More Chicken
The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.
Read more...The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration
The inescapable dilemma facing social democracy
Read more...Reminder: When the Very Very Rich Are Done With Us, They Plan to Leave Us Behind
More evidence, as if you needed it, that the super rich are not your friends.
Read more...Reopening Isn’t Reopening—It’s Cutting Off Unemployment
In case you wondered why conservative states are all gung ho about reopening….
Read more...The Wealth Effects of Bailouts: A Quantitative Assessment
Once again, income earned by the many is used to save the wealth of the few.
Read more...Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results
Foreign Affairs runs “dangerous to your health” propaganda from the Sweden without informing its readers.
Read more...Waiting for “Rooseveltian Relief”: An Oversimplified Framework for the Employment Situation
“Nothing fundamental will change.” –Joe Biden
Read more...Tom Ferguson: Big Business Takes Cash as Workers Laid Off, States and Cities Go Bust
Tom Ferguson and Paul Jay discuss how Democrats and Republicans distaste for accountability by finance and big corporations is playing out in the coronacrisis
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