We Can Use AI in the Economy but Only If We Are Willing To Tax Capital More Heavily
What future is there for labor with AI?
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4 US Banks Crash in 2 Months: Banking Crisis Explained by Economist Michael Hudson
US banks keep falling over but the Fed is curiously indifferent.
Read more...Is There Motive Behind the Fed Making Such a Mess of the US Bank Wobbles?
The Fed seems awfully indifferent to the (so far) low level bank crisis it has created.
Read more...Big Banks Must Become Globally Resolvable – or Significantly ‘Smaller’
Sadly, coming up with a way to resolve big international banks is a non-starter. The answer is very strict regulation. But that would be work.
Read more...Workers Who Have Occupied an Italian Factory for Two Years Are Getting Close to Owning It Themselves
Workers are attempting to start Italy’s first community and non-profit factory that could become an inspiration for workers elsewhere. Could it happen in the US?
Read more...How Union Members Honor Workers’ Memorial Day
April 28 was Workers Memorial Day in the US when union workers rededicate themselves to the fight for safer working conditions.
Read more...TikTok and Critical Mass
TikTok is becoming an important vehicle for what old farts call consciousness raising. But can it foment serious protests?
Read more...Who Will Save Puerto Rico’s Beaches From Rising Seas, Storms, and Developers? The People
As conflicts over public beach access on the island become more complicated and frequent, residents try to take matters into their own hands.
Read more...Do Dem Party Leaders Want to Increase Support from Independents?
The US is split between party loyalists and independents who don’t trust either tribe to watch their back.
Read more...Why the Food System Is the Next Frontier in Climate Action
Virtually all paths to a net-zero-emissions food system rely on consumers in high-income countries shifting to a more plant-forward diet
Read more...TSA, UPS Brutalizing Shipments. What Gives?
UPS and TSA are serious hazards to your stuff.
Read more...Is Labour Purging the Left? Inside the Party’s Embattled Selection Process
‘This is the most fundamental attempt to change the DNA of the Labour Party in its entire history’
Read more...The Who and Why Behind the Push to Gut Child Labor Laws
“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” — Lewis Hine, 1908
Read more...The Hidden Costs Of The Renewables Boom
Why renewables are not a free lunch.
Read more...A Debt Crisis Looming in the Global South?
Martin Guzman explains the role of power in sovereign debt crises and restructurings.
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