Charter Cities Attempting to Create a Libertarian Paradise
Libertarians are engaging in colonialism 2.0 by setting up self-governing enclaves in poor countries.
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Social Murder as a Necropolitical Governance Technology
What is social murder, why is it increasing, and how to fight it.
Read more...Nearly 1,000 ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day
Are protests alone enough to confront the billionaires?
Read more...Trump’s Impact on the Financial Sector and Global Dollar System
A wide-ranging review of how unccordinated Trump policies undermine the dollar and the international banking system, and even each other.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Weakening Bank Regulations Will Make the Next Financial Crisis Worse
Pressured by banks, US and European officials are loosening regulations to prevent another 2008 which will have predictable consequences
Read more...Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy
Yves here. It is remarkable how Trump seems to need to have his name in the hot lights, um, the headlines, all the time and is able to do so. Admittedly, liking bold gestures for their own sake, as opposed to whether they make any sense, helps by giving way more degrees of freedom. As […]
Read more...The New Currency War: US Stablecoin-China Digital Yuan Rivalry as a Test of Monetary Discipline
How the US stablecoin/digital yuan arms race creates instability risks and undermines monetary sovereignity around the world.
Read more...Jim Chanos on Crypto, AI, Dodgy Statistics, and Casino Capitalism
Chanos looks at a broad range of investment hot topics, from cypto to AI, and sees vastly more speculation than value creation
Read more...FTC Has Long Said Products Must Back Up Health Claims. A MAHA Lawsuit Would Upend That.
An important legal battle looms about dietary supplement companies being able to make health claims when they lack clinical trial evidence
Read more...Health Insurance Price Increases Should Cause Americans More Alarm
An article that usefully documents the magnitude of health insurance price increases nevertheless blames the victims.
Read more...Neoliberalism Is Not a Viable Option
How neoliberalism contributes to the growth of fascism.
Read more...Lessons from China: Industrial Policy Works Even After Retaliation
A new study finds that industrial policy pays off, even after factoring in the cost of retaliation. So when will neoliberals wise up?
Read more...Has Extreme Poverty Really Plunged Since the 1980s? New Analysis Suggests Not
A new analysis challenges the widely-held view that extreme poverty has fallen sharply, and finds a big reversal due to neoliberal “reforms”
Read more...Autism Fabulist RFK, Jr. Shuts Down Research Into Possible Environmental Causes Even as He Escalated Broad-Based Attack Against Vaccines.
More on RFK, Jr.’s hypocrisy.
Read more...Tucker Slams Predatory Buy Now, Pay Later Loans as the Economist Celebrates This New Debt Slavery Device
A relatively new financial product, buy now pay later loans, is deepening the misery of already over-extended Americans, especially Gen Z
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