Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents

Is Industrial Policy Finally Legitimate?

Awfully late in the game, industrial policy gets the recognition it deserves.

The Myth of Expansionary Austerity

If you hold mainstream economic views, it was too good to be true: Another effort to vindicate austerity falls victim to flawed methodology.

Should We Tax Wealth?

Kicking the tires of a wealth tax.

Michael Hudson Discusses the IMF and World Bank: Partners In Backwardness

Michael Hudson explains how the IMF and World Bank support US hegemony.

Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe

Lack of geographic mobiliity is a major culprit in the rise of nationalism.

Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.

Andrea Gabor, author of “After the Education Wars,” discusses how California is pushing back on millionaire-driven charter schools. Will the rest of the America follow?

Takers and Makers: Who Are the Real Value Creators?

Why stories from “value creators” should be taken with a fistful of salt.

Rebel Economist Breaks Through to Washington on How Shareholder Value Theory Rewards the Undeserving

How William Lazonick persuaded pols and pundits that the shareholder value theory was bad for business and society.

How Media Workers are Organizing in the Dual Economy

With journalism moving from a stable to a precarious profession, digital media workers have gotten serious about organizing.

Are Cryptocurrencies the First Crack in the Wall to Regulate Facebook?

Like Icarus, the social media monopoly is flying too close to the sun and generating much regulatory heat, which could eventually lead to its downfall.

Private Equity and “Institutional” Investor Owned U.K. Utility Engaged in Massive Fraud, Regulatory Evasions, Worker Coercion, Caused “Catastrophic” Environmental Damage

Abuses like raw sewage on beaches and faking regulatory filings make a U.K. water utility a new low in privatization scandals.

Robert Reich: Here’s Why We Need to Break Up Big Tech

Monopolies aren’t good for anyone except for the monopolists, especially when they can influence our elections and control how Americans receive information.

How Judges Kill: Sealing Corporate Records Showing Destructive Behavior Based on Dubious “Trade Secret” Claims

Judges who are unduly deferential to corporate secrecy demands are literally killing Americans.