The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: A Review
A cogent discussion of the complex, accelerating legitimacy crisis masked by bleats about “defending our democracy”
Read more...Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents
California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending
California joins the list of states trying to choke health industry profiteering via spending limits. Can it work?
Read more...‘A Monstrosity’: Biden Blasted Over Planned Executive Order on Asylum
Biden attempts to throw big bone to the right on immigration. But will he satisfy anyone?
Read more...Global South Suffering Due to Powerful Nations’ Elite-Serving Policies
The World Bank projects the worst slowdown in over four decades in 2024. This is mainly due to Western powers’ contractionary policies
Read more...Michael Hudson: Modern (Mis)interpretations of Ancient Debt Cancellation
Modern economists misrepresent how ancient debt cancellation worked, forcing it into contemporary neoliberal /creditor rights frameworks
Read more...Michael Hudson: Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise
“Modern” elements of enterprise were present in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC and the institutions supported long-term growth
Read more...Why Corporations Choose Lawlessness to Fight Unions
Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.
Read more...Gresham’s Law Comes for Science
Science publication has become so corrupted that entire journals have been shut down over running fake research. How did we get here?
Read more...“Am I An Extremist? ”
How the UK is using the extremist label to act against people holding mainstream views. The US is not far behind.
Read more...US Trade Desperation: Trump Insider Robert Lightheizer Recommends Third-World Capital Controls to Achieve Balanced Trade
New desperate ideas to fix chronic US trade imbalances, like capital controls, are getting a hearing.
Read more...Renting Your Life
More on the further erosion of ownership and property rights via required renting.
Read more...Dr. Jill Stein & Michael Hudson: Fighting Russia & China to Last American: Destroying US From Within
The high cost and risks of the Biden Administration commitment to pursue forever wars with Russia and China.
Read more...US Affordable Housing Policy Works for Wall Street and Rich Developers, Not Renters
Current policy doesn’t provide affordable housing very well but does a good job of lining the pockets of real estate interests.
Read more...The Long Goodbye? Mitch McConnell and Big Money Politics
In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has been well-earned.
Read more...How Geopolitics Is Changing Trade
Western measures against Russia and China measures have affected global trade. But what of actual winners and losers?
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