Learned Helplessness: Of Roaches, Restaurant Vents, and Reality
A worrisome case study of helpless and inaction in New York City tenants.
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The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why
How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/5/2022
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Read more...Sanders Hails Growing Union Movement as Threat to ‘Oligarchy and Corporate Greed’
As Sanders celebrates the Amazon union victory, some billionaire overlords are getting testy.
Read more...UK Airports Thrown into Chaos by Surge in Passenger Traffic, Labor Shortages and IT Outages
UK airports and carriers are suffering severe labor shortages, at a time that passenger numbers are surging. Throw in COVID-19 absences to the mixture and it’s a perfect storm for an industry desperately trying to dig itself out of the mother of all crises.
Read more...China – A Sub-Imperial Ally of the West?
IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist
Read more...Climate Science and Financial Risk: Forging a Path to More Climate-Resilient Businesses
Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/4/2022
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Read more...India: Pursuing its National Interest in the Multipolar World
The U.S. botches its India diplomacy as it fails to comprehend Delhi’s understanding of the new realities of the emerging multipolar world.
Read more...Links 4/4/2022
Russia’s War with Ukraine: Five Reasons Why Many African Countries Choose to Be ‘Neutral’
Why African countries have chosen to be ‘neutral’ on the issue of Russia’s war with Ukraine.
Read more...The Importance of Custody, or NATO’s Internal Gold War
Both the UK’s Government and the Bank of England have gotten suspiciously tetchy over German requests to get its gold back.
Read more...How Biden’s Huge Strategic Oil Release Could Backfire
Why Biden’s short term oil, really gas, price fix might be a flop.
Read more...Business Groups Thwart Senate Confirmation of David Weil to Key Labor Department Post
Gang of three Democratic senators thwart confirmation of David Weil to key Labor Department post.
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