Getting Out of the Rat Race: Is an “Age of Leisure and Abundance” Possible?
Why can’t we have nice things like leisure time?
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Understanding the Global Rise in Inflation
How high demand for traded goods is generating inflation, and central banks hitting the brakes is likely to hit growth unnecessarily hard.
Read more...Ro Khanna: ‘Freedom’ Has Been Hijacked by the Right. Let’s Take It Back
Is it too late for the left to redefine and own libertarian-possessed words like freedom?
Read more...Why Is America Polarized? The Answer May Surprise You
America is divided against itself as never before. Some thoughts as to why.
Read more...Fighting Inflation Excuse for Class Warfare
Too many central bankers are raising interest rates at the expense of working people’s families, supposedly to check inflation.
Read more...Paradigm and Nervous Breakdown: Globalization Goes Into Reverse as Inflation/Scarcity Crisis Accelerates
How long-established structures are approaching breakdown, yet those in charge try to look past that.
Read more...Department of Justice to Saddle Up Against Private Equity Consolidation/Monopolization Plays. Will It Work?
The Department of Justice says it is taking aim at private equity. Will it hit any targets?
Read more...The Tory Guide to Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis
From moving into your parents’ annex to getting a better-paid job, the government has some savvy little tips for cost savings.
Read more...Your Money and Your Life: Private Equity Blasts Ethical Boundaries of American Medicine
In a harrowing new book, Laura Katz Olson exposes how private equity is taking over health care companies – and preying on human lives.
Read more...How the Options Tail Has Come to Wag the Market Dog: A Simple English Language Explanation of How Structural Changes in the Stock Markets Contribute to Whipsaw Movements in Prices
Why the use of options may be the risk bomb that blows a big hole in our financial system.
Read more...Whither Hegemony? Prof. Wen Tiejun Foreword to Michael Hudson’s The Destiny of Civilization
The development and future of America’s hegemony is a major focus of Michael Hudson’s new book, The Destiny of Civilization.
Read more...Inflation Freakout and Possible Fed Overshoot
There’s a lot of nattering about inflation and not enough insight.
Read more...As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.
Read more...Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT
In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.
Read more...Brief Comments on the TerraUSD and Tether Stablecoin Breakdowns
Why the two big stablecoin breakdowns of last week, TerraUSD and Tether, look like frauds.
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