As Developing Countries Reject Plastic Waste Exports, Wealthy Nations Seek Solutions
Chinese and emerging economy bans on accepting plastic waste exports have put the the First World in a bind. Will they quit their plastic habit?
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Richard Murphy: For MMT (Long and Wonkish)
MMT opponents try presenting their objections as technical, but they really are political.
Read more...FANGMAN Stocks Crushed by Potential “Unprecedented, Wide-Ranging Probe” into Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon
The authorities have come to realize that monopolists like Google and Amazon aren’t good for the health of the economy or even (despite their tech sheen) “innovation”.
Read more...Could Air Travel Become an Early Casualty of Climate Change?
Might air travel take a serious hit from climate change before polic-makers work up the nerve to intervene?
Read more...Why Democratic Presidential Candidates May Have to Choose Between Teacher Pay Raises and Charter Schools
Florida becomes a charter school battleground as communities fight a state law that diverts some of the proceeds from bond offererings, even ones approved for public school teacher salaries, to charter schools.
Read more...Lawmakers Push To Stop Surprise ER Billing
The legislative war to end balance billing moves forward in California.
Read more...Is Conservatism Running on Brand Fumes?
Why the foundations of conservatism are crumbling.
Read more...Why Martin Wolf Is Wrong on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
A shame that someone like Martin Wolf does get the core idea of MMT but still really can’t or won’t accept its implications.
Read more...UBI Without Quality Public Services Is a Neoliberal’s Paradise
Why should governments give cash-handouts before providing free, quality public services to all?
Read more...What Does It Mean to Live in a Multipolar World? We May Be About to Find Out
Possible American and EU responses to multipolar politics.
Read more...Advertising as a Major Source of Human Dissatisfaction: Cross-National Evidence on One Million Europeans
Advertising is bad for you! And not just your wallet!
Read more...Some Schools Shutting MBA Programs….But Don’t Cheer Yet
An MBA isn’t what it used to be, but the smaller programs are morphing rather than disappearing.
Read more...The Faux Revolution of Mindfulness
How the Anglo-American fad of mindfulness bolsters neoliberaism.
Read more...Beware Billionaires Bearing Gifts
Billionaires’ gifts are too often intended to remake society along their preferred lines.
Read more...How Trump’s ‘America First’ Trade Strategy Is Accelerating America’s Decline
Why Trump ‘s narrowly nationalistic trade agenda, combined with his nostalgia for a 1950s style economy, will undermine U.S. economic prosperity and U.S. global hegemony.
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