Unfounded Debt Fears Block Economic Recovery
Debt scaremongering as voodoo economics.
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Elizabeth Warren Opens Broad Attack Against Rent-Seeking Oligopolists Like Amazon, Apple, Google, Walmart, Comcast
Curiously, Elizabeth Warren is taking aim at powerful interests that are deeply loyal to Hillary Clinton. The plot thickens.
Read more...Brexit: Huge Spanner in the Works – Negotiation of New UK Trade Deals Verboten Till Exit Complete
“Tortuous” does not even begin to describe how hard it will be for the UK to strike post Brexit trade deals. Negotiations cannot begin until the UK has left the EU.
Read more...Bill Black: The Terrible Cost to Democrats and Our Nation of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
A high level description of how Democrats and Labor sold out the working class, and how that served a narrow interests at great cost.
Read more...Ethereum and Smart Contract Unicorn Woo-Woo – There Should Be a Law Against It
Why Ethereum and smart contracts don’t and will never live up to their hype.
Read more...Matt Stoller: How the US Saw Multinationals as a Means to Prevent War
The role of multinationals in the post World War II order.
Read more...Patrick Cockburn: How Neoliberalism and Cold War Obsessions Fractured the Middle East
How neoliberalism, the resource curse, and military interventions by Washington and its allies, profoundly destabilized the Middle East.
Read more...How Brexit Threatens to Turn the UK Into “Borisland”
How the Tories and UKIP intend to use Brexit to impose permanent austerity and reduce workers’ rights.
Read more...Why Income Inequality Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
A reader critical thinking exercise! Debunk an article that justifies rising inequality in the guise of offering policy advice
Read more...Satyajit Das: What If Anything Does Brexit Really Signify?
An appraisal of the Brexit sound and fury.
Read more...Boris “Just Kidding” Johnson Outlines His Rainbows and Unicorns Brexit Plan
Boris Johnson is now the most hated person in the Western world.
Read more...Mathew D. Rose: Brexit – Land of Hope and Glory
Why the vote for Brexit is the best thing that has happened to European society for decades.
Read more...Brexit: Fear, Loathing, and Anger on Both Sides of the Channel
Politicians in the UK and the EU are virtually at each other’s throats over Brexit.
Read more...Brexit: Pulling the Signal Out of the Noise
Getting a better picture on Brexit: the underlying class and economic stresses and how that might play into what happens next.
Read more...The Sterling Depreciation of 2007-2008 and Its Implications for Brexit
The unexpected impact of the fall in sterling in 2007-2008 suggests Brexit could produce a drastic drop in UK living standards.
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