Medicare for All (the Perplexed)
A French lesson on Medicare for All.
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Bill Black Analyzes Brad DeLong’s Stunning Concession: Neoliberals Should Pass the Baton and Let the Left Lead
Bill Black analyzes Brad DeLong’s concession that neoliberals should get out of the way and let the left lead since their coalition with Republicans did not work.
Read more...Charter School Cap Efforts Gain Momentum
Evidence increasingly shows that charter schools damage public schools, fueling campaigns to stop charter school growth.
Read more...The Doomsday Economics of ‘Proof-of-Work’ in Cryptocurrencies
Why inherent problems with cryptocurrency liquidity are already leading to consideration of other methods for validating blockchain updates. They are likely to prove unsatisfactory and therefore call for verification by a trusted institution….defeating the rationale for cryptocurrencies.
Read more...Cities And Counties Unlikely To Heed FDA Warning On Importing Foreign Drugs
The FDA goes to bat for the right of drugs makers to price gouge Americans.
Read more...#MeToo Whistleblowing Is Upending Century-Old Legal Precedent Demanding Loyalty to the Boss
Why whistleblowing is a recent development.
Read more...The Possible Chinese-US Trade Deal
A review of opinions in the English-speaking blogosphere on the likely content of the US-China deal and the message this agreement sends to the world.
Read more...Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?
Author Samuel Stein talks about how capitalism shapes cities.
Read more...Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal?
Gail Tverberg extends her peak oil analysis to coal and finds a similar pattern.
Read more...Bezos Admits His Fortune Is Due to Public Infrastructure….Even as He Fought Paying a Homeless Tax in Seattle, Shakes Down Cities for Subsidies
Bezos admits he and other squillionaires didn’t do the “heavy lifting” of building the infrastructure on which tech enterprises depend….yet tries to depict a space venture as a greenfield project. Help me.
Read more...The Rapid Victory of the West Virginia Teacher Strike Shows What Happens When Progressives Join the Fight Against School Privatization
What lessons can we draw from the success of the latest West Virginia teachers’ strike?
Read more...Deregulating Banks Fueled Speculation, Not Productive Investment
More proof that letting banks have their way is not such a good idea…at least for non-financiers.
Read more...Developing Industry Standards Won’t Give AI a Conscience
Marc Böhlen is part of the team developing universal benchmarks for ethical artificial intelligence (AI). He tells us why they won’t work.
Read more...Why Carbon Prices Are Not Enough
A discussion of carbon taxes, cap and trade, and why neither is adequate by itself to change behavior.
Read more...Nomi Prins: Survival of the Richest, The March of Inequality
A look at the history of the rise in inequality in the US.
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