Epidemic of Despair Could Haunt America Long After COVID
The pandemic may have severe after-effects, with deaths of despair impacting more distressed and newly-vulnerable populations.
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Covid Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
Rich countries are subverting a program to assure that poor nations can afford Covid vaccines. Is a WTO mechanism a way out?
Read more...Some Implications of the GameStop Short Squeeze
The seeming success of the GameStop short-slayers could in the long run come at high cost to some of them and most of us.
Read more...How Financial Markets Shape Social Values and Political Views
Whocoulddanode? Investing in financial assets produces a more conservative outlook.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Robinhood/GameStop Intervention
Elizabeth Warren is back in swinging hard, but she’s not yet connecting with the balls.
Read more...The Blindness of Using Venture Capital to Fight Human Trafficking
Venture capital relies on market-based solutions to maximize short-term gains. That is no way to address worker exploitation.
Read more...New Report From Rep. Katie Porter Reveals How Big Pharma Pursues ‘Killer Profits’ at the Expense of Americans’ Health
Rep. Katie Porter kicks some Big Pharma ass and takes names.
Read more...The Fatuous Uproar About Robinhood and GameStop
The Robinhood contretemps shows how the US confuses a financial casino for productive activity.
Read more...TikTok Got A US Reprieve, But Elsewhere, It’s War
Tik-Tok is getting its wings clippped. But how far will containment efforts go?
Read more...Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
“What to do about tech platforms” has fixated on Section 230, when more should be done.
Read more...Oxford Pledged to Donate Covid Vaccine Rights, Then Sold Them, Thanks to Bill Gates
Oxford planned an anti-capitalist solution for a global health problem. Then Bill Gates got involved.
Read more...Michael Olenick: From Intel to Apple – Noncompetes are Bad Business
Silicon Valley would never have taken off if noncompetes had been used in its early years, yet titans later restricted hiring across the industry.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism vs. Industrial Capitalism – The Rentier Resurgence and Takeover
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into the rise and rise of the rentier under financial capitalism.
Read more...Why Does Inequality Produce High Crime and Low Trust?
Why bad conduct is more prevalent in societies with high inequality.
Read more...COVID-19 Is Pushing Migrants Back to Their Home Countries
With Covid-19 driving many migrants to return to their countries of origin, governments need to implement better reintegration plans.
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