With Shutdown Averted, Is Social Security Safe? Nope!
Tax breaks to the rich mean less revenue, higher deficits, and more calls to gut programs like Social Security that protect ordinary citizens
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The Art of the Mini-Trade Deal: 2,000 Missing Variables and Counting
EU trade policy also relies to a large extent on ‘mini-deals’. The scope and the legal nature of these mini-deals vary considerably, and while most are invisible, some of them may be quite important in terms of their impact on trade.
Read more...Russia, China Unite Against US Empire
Michael Hudson on China’s wobbles, Russia-China cooperation, the revolt against colonialism and neoliberalism, and the conflict in Gaza.
Read more...After Poland’s Elections: Democracy and Keynesianism?
A divergent take on Poland elections: PiS lost becaue it promised to address the costs of 1990s shock doctrine but then did little.
Read more...Deaths of Despair Afflict More Cohorts Than Case-Deaton Originally Found
Deaths of despair turn out to be more widespread than thought earlier. Yet lack of interest in this collective tragedy persists.
Read more...Europe’s Anti-Immigrant Governments Learn to Love Immigration
European “nationalist” governments embrace EU-prescribed austerity and pursue exploitable immigrant labor for their overlords despite running on anti-immigrant platforms.
Read more...‘Sacrifice Zones’: The New ‘Jim Crow’ That’s Sickening and Killing People of Color
“Sacrifice zones”—pollution hot spots—are a front line in an often deadly and steadily growing health crisis across the United States
Read more...In the Footsteps of Ptolemy: The ‘Science of Monetary Policy’ and the Inflation of 2021-2023
The impenetrability of this continuously expanding Ptolemaic New Keynesian monetary paradigm is maddening.
Read more...Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now
It’s not the oil palm plant that is the problem, but rather the way it’s grown.
Read more...Michael Hudson: A BRICS+ Bank: How Would It Really Function?
Michael Hudson clears up some of the considerable confusion about what a new BRICS “currency” would amount to.
Read more...Rob Urie: Americans Are Unleashing Monsters They Have No Idea How to Contain
How Americans, or at least their putative leaders, are pursing policies that are deranged and increasingly authoritarian.
Read more...Why Are Thousands of Kaiser Health Care Workers on Strike? 5 Questions Answered
An overview of the issues in and the magnitude of the strike at the Kaiser health system.
Read more...What Mobile Clinics in Dollar General Parking Lots Say About Health Care in Rural America
Dollar General has launched profit-motivated health clinics on wheels. What could go wrong?
Read more...The Increasing Financialization of Germany
The FIRE sector capitalizes on Germany’s industrial decline as government diverts money from social programs to military.
Read more...Consulting Ethics: McKinsey Pays Additional $230 Million Opioid Settlement, Bringing Total to $870 Million
McKinsey’s latest payoff to avoid admiting culpability reveals some of the inherent problems with high-end management consulting.
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