Book Review: Sally Denton and Roger Morris, “The Money and the Power”
Examining the moments and people that helped fuse the US state, economy, and organized crime into one indistinguishable entity.
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Migrants Are Begging in Brooklyn Neighborhoods That Voted for Trump, Sparking Hostility and Help
Nextdoor and Facebook groups present anecdotes and photos from Marine Park of encounters with migrants from a nearby shelter complex. Others are providing aid.
Read more...China Bans Exports of Rare Earth Tech as Critical Minerals Race Heats Up
China is raising the stakes in the US sanctions war by tightening rare earth screws.
Read more...World Bank Enables Private Capture of Profits, Public Resources
The World Bank insists on private finance or economic recovery but does little to ensure profit-hungry commercial finance serves the public
Read more...Is Neoliberalism Really Dead? Or Does It Live on Like a Zombie?
Neoliberalism is still doing a fine job of zombifying economies, but the doctrine sadly is in rude health.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Europe’s 15-Year Slump
The survival of the euro has come at the cost of Europe’s permanent stagnation and continuing fragmentation
Read more...Keep Capitalism Out of Conservation
Trying to use capitalsm to justify environmental protection: not a happy mix.
Read more...Self-Driving Cars Hit the Wall
Self-driving cars have suddenly gone from being depicted as inevitable to likely never happening at scale. Why?
Read more...Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28
Big Ag fights back at COP28
Read more...Google Loses on Every Count in Play Store Antitrust Suit by Epic Games
Google has suffered a major blow to its Play apps store model if this new ruling survives appeal. A Federal jury returned what the Washington Post deemed to be a verdict against Google on all counts, after mere hours of deliberation. A link to the verdict form 1. Readers may recall, at a 50,000 foot […]
Read more...Is China’s Economy Collapsing? Economic War! Michael Hudson & Richard D. Wolff
A wide-ranging talk, using Western bashing of China’s economy as a point of departure.
Read more...Could Two Working-Class Candidates Return Nebraska and West Virginia to Their Roots?
Themes once familiar to Nebraska and West Virginia voters in the heyday of progressive populism are making a comeback.
Read more...Iran President Raisi Asks President Putin To Support Gaza Action – Putin Is Evasive for the Moment
Putin ducked a request by Iran for support with respect to Gaza….but what might Raisi actaully want?
Read more...Tips Tricks Dampen Delivery Worker Celebration of New $18-an-Hour Wage
Delivery platforms DoorDash and UberEats immediately retaliated against a NYC-madated wage increase by redoing their apps to undermine tips.
Read more...The Debate Over Restricting Immigration
The Republicans look serious about restricting immigration or at least rolling back recent Biden moves. But are there any sound approaches?
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