Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents

Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism

Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.

Yanis Varoufakis: Have Merkel & Macron Just Announced a Eurobond-Funded Godsend for the EU?

There’s not a lot of there there in a proposed EU rescue scheme.

Exclusive: Countries To Face a ‘Wave’ of Corporate Lawsuits Challenging Emergency COVID-19 Measures

Will Covid-19 trigger reprehensible investor-state dispute settlement suits?

Brexit: Yet More Chicken

The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.

Reminder: When the Very Very Rich Are Done With Us, They Plan to Leave Us Behind

More evidence, as if you needed it, that the super rich are not your friends.

Reopening Isn’t Reopening—It’s Cutting Off Unemployment

In case you wondered why conservative states are all gung ho about reopening….

The Wealth Effects of Bailouts: A Quantitative Assessment

Once again, income earned by the many is used to save the wealth of the few.

Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results

Foreign Affairs runs “dangerous to your health” propaganda from the Sweden without informing its readers.

Waiting for “Rooseveltian Relief”: An Oversimplified Framework for the Employment Situation

“Nothing fundamental will change.” –Joe Biden

Tom Ferguson: Big Business Takes Cash as Workers Laid Off, States and Cities Go Bust

Tom Ferguson and Paul Jay discuss how Democrats and Republicans distaste for accountability by finance and big corporations is playing out in the coronacrisis

Betsy Sweet: “In Maine, We Live the Climate Crisis Everyday”

Betsy Sweet, a Democratic primary candidate for the US Senate, explains why a progressive policy agenda is popular in Maine.