Category Archives: Guest Post

Mzukisi Qobo: The Old Mantra About Growth Has Reached Exhaustion

A perspective from the Global South on the end game for growth.

Links 10/8/2021

UK Nurses Threaten to Strike After Government Offers Measly Below-Inflation Pay Rise

With vax mandates looming and industrial action on the table, the UK’s overstretched National Health Service could be in for a winter of even more discontent.

Why America Needs a National Program of Paid Sick and Family Leave

Family leave is productive as well as humane, but American management has been keen to keep its boot on workers’ necks.

Reallocation Effects of the Minimum Wage

Raising minimum wages is good for workers and (surprise!) company operations! Too bad those whiny managers worry they will skim less.

European Investment Scammers Allegedly Laundered Their Money through Scotland

Investigations by European and Ukrainian prosecutors revealed an alleged investment fraud with funds laundered via UK corporate entities

‘This Is a Battle Between What People Need & What Money Wants.’ How’s That Going to End?

Class warfare, American style, is ever more obvious. But how much are ordinary people taking note?

Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?

Details on why Congress is addicted handing out military pork as opposed to spending money on citizens’ needs.

Just Keeps Getting Worse: Services Trade Surplus, the American Dream-Not-Come-True, Worst in 10 Years. Imports Worst Ever. Trade Deficit Worst Ever

Repeat after me: trade deficits = exporting jobs. The latest results confirm how crappy US policies are.

The Energy Transition Will Take Decades Not Years

Clean energy and green growth proponents greatly underestimate the amount of change needed to migrate off fossil fuel sources.

Will Krysten Sinema Change Parties?

Sinema could and might very well screw the Dems.

Links 10/5/2021

Inflation Is Back With a Vengeance in Latin America

After last year’s economic carnage, the spectre of runaway inflation is the last thing the region needs.

Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?

To bring more chips-making back to the US, Congress should condition additional funds on suspending stock buybacks.

Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation

One month after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, infrastructure and “build back better” talk ignores survival needs on climate crisis frontlines