The Revenge Against the Commons
Why France’s biggest police operation since May 1968 is prepared to kill for Macron to roust a 4000 acre commons.
Read more...Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents
Why Capitalism Creates Racism
Why separating racism from capitalist exploitation of low-wage workers isn’t as tidy as the Democratic Party would have you believe.
Read more...California Supreme Court Ruling Delivers Big Blow to Gig Economy Companies
Many gig economy firms will have to classify a big swathe of their workers as employees or radically change their business models.
Read more...The US Teachers Strike in Historical Perspective
Past strike waves offer clues to the possible regeneration of the American labor movement.
Read more...Michael Hudson: “Creating Wealth” Through Debt: The West’s Finance-Capitalist Road
Why debt is the great threat to modern China’s development.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Our Communities Are Scaled and Built for a Climate That No Longer Exists
Why combatting climate change will require the use of force.
Read more...Universal Basic Income and Minimum Wages: Progressive or Regressive?
How plans for a universal basic income differ, and what that means in terms of probable results.
Read more...Want a More Equal Society? Universal Basic Income Might Not Be the Policy You Are Looking For
Why a Universal Basic Income won’t produce the benefits its boosters claim it will.
Read more...The Failure of the CMS “Innovation” Center and the Future of Neoliberalism
Of the 37 programs funded by the CMS Innovation Center over the last decade, only two have been found worth of expansion.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Bronze Age Redux – What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Debt
Michael Hudson explains why debt cancellation was central to the politics of ancient societies.
Read more...Was Finland’s Universal Basic Income Program A Failure?
A look at the results of recent basic income experiments.
Read more...5 Policies That Could Improve Housing for the Renting Generation
Housing has become a more divisive issue than ever, as rising real estate costs and less job stability make buying a house both harder and more fraught. Renters need better protections, but how to get there?
Read more...Marx and Modern Microeconomics
Marx gets some long-overdue credit.
Read more...US Opioid Prescriptions Fall at Record Rate
Some good news on the opioid front is not good enough.
Read more...Disruptive Finance Huffing and Puffing Won’t Blow Big Bank Houses Down
Why newfangled finance will not have much impact on the banking industry.
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