China Faces Food Shortage?
COVID-19 has rendered food security shaky, in the medium to long term, for many countries. Does China face impending food shortages?
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Links 9/6/2020
‘The Situation Is Dire’: As Trump Takes Victory Lap, New Jobs Report Reveals Alarming Surge in Permanent Unemployment
As we cruise into Labor Day, the state of permanent U.S. unemployment is dire; and with no end in sight to the pandemic, will only worsen.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Debt, Land and Money, From Polanyi to the New Economic Archaeology
Tracing key influences on Karl Polanyi as welll as some of his important initiatives after The Great Transformation.
Read more...Robert Pollin: Biden Not Phasing Out Fossil Fuel, Relies on Carbon Capture
Robert Pollin critiques the Biden climate plan for over-relying on unproven carbon capture, investing too little in solar and wind, and treating China as a rival.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/4/2020
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Read more...COVID: Where Science Goes To Die
A forceful critique of Covid-19 research.
Read more...Links 9/4/2020
Charter Schools Find Gold in Federal Government Aid to Small Businesses While Black-Owned Firms Get the Shaft
Due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, charter schools added to systemic inequities that afflict black communities.
Read more...Steve Keen: Eulogy to David Graeber
A personal remembrance of the scholar and activist David Graeber.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/3/2020
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Read more...US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Drug in the Last Decade
Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers footed the bill for every new drug approved from 2010 to 2019
Read more...Links 9/3/2020
Preserve the People’s Post Office: Let Us Do Meaningful Postal Reform
A rallying cry for the Post Office.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/2/2020
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