Homelessness Among Older People Is on the Rise, Driven by Inflation and the Housing Crunch
Rising housing and medical costs meet fixed incomes to push older peope into desperation and homelessness.
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Real Progressives Live with Michael Hudson: The Destiny of Civilization
Michael Hudson explains how financial capitalism won the struggle with industrial capitalism and gave rentiers the upper hand.
Read more...The Public Shouldn’t Pay for Drugs Twice
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but drug companies profit. We need a new R&D model to stop this rentierism.
Read more...Could the Ukraine Conflict Be an Opportunity for the Global South?
Many countries see the Russia challenge to Western economic dominance as an opportunity to rewrite the rules of global trade in their favor.
Read more...The Destiny of Civilization: An Interview with Michael Hudson on Economic Development, Rentierism, Debt, China
Another tour de force with Michael Hudson, covering development, rentierism, economic narratives, debt dynamics, and the rise of China.
Read more...After Bolsonaro’s Failures, Why Was Brazil’s Election So Close?
Lula wins by a whisker, but the Bolsonao Christian Right remains a powerful threat.
Read more...Stop Worshiping Central Banks
Preoccupied with ‘credibility’ and reputations, central banks are again driving the world into recession, financial turmoil and debt crises.
Read more...The U.S. Diesel Shortage Is Worsening
That diesel shortage we warned you about is arriving. So what is likely to happen?
Read more...‘A Brazil of Hope’ as Leftist Lula Defeats Far-Right Bolsonaro in Presidential Runoff
Lula is BAACK! A big night for Brazil!
Read more...The Ongoing Criminalization of Homelessness
States and localities across the US continue to pass laws criminalizing “public camping” and other draconian crackdowns on the increasing number of homeless people in the country.
Read more...Haitians, Peace Activists Denounce Plan for Another US-Backed Intervention
Haitians are saying “no to armed invasion from the international community, because every time there is the so-called ‘help’ invasion… it results in chaos,” said one activist.
Read more...Advertise on a Competitor’s Social Media Platform? Um, that Would Be a Hoot… GM “Paused” Ads on Musk’s Twitter
GM wants to have a look-see about how Twitter might use GM ad data to benefit Tesla. Will Chinese walls be enough?
Read more...A Disordered World – Part 3: Pathways
Satyajit Das’ final post on where the world order is headed.
Read more...Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 2: Susceptibilities
Satyajit Das continues his tour of the breakup of the world order, here focusing on financial/economic dislocations and dysfunctional elites
Read more...Sunak Has Been Set Up To Fail and the Likelihood Is That He Will
Rishi Sunak has a Mission Impossible even before getting to his bad impulses. Most countries in the West face the same long list of problems
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