New York Rent Strikes During the 1918 “Spanish” Influenza
The hard-fought rent battles during and after the Spanish flu make modern protests look tame.
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Michael Hudson: Debt, Liberty and “Acts of God”
How ancient societies forgave debt that became unpayable due to circumstances outside the borrower’s control.
Read more...#COVID19: New Practical Results on Airborne Transmission Indoors
To avoid airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, don’t be like a bat!
Read more...Is There a Role For NGOs in the Transformation of Society?
In the last five years we’ve published 30 articles on NGOs and social change. What do they reveal?
Read more...Links 5/25/2020
If the Federal Government Won’t Fund the States’ Emergency Needs, There Is Another Solution
Some ways aroung the Federal government’s present refusal to do much for state and localities.
Read more...Call Any Vegetable
Memorial Day musings on plants and vegetables (and fruits).
Read more...Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
Read more...Craig Murray Documents Abuse of Process, aka Kangaroo Court, via Butchered Indictment
The UK court is play so dirty with Craig Murray that it might make our FISA court look good.
Read more...Links 5/22/2020
Bernie Sanders Says It Is ‘Nauseating’ to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as ‘Heroes’ While Refusing to Pay Them More
Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Week 9 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market: Still Getting Worse at a Gut-Wrenching Pace
Thursday’s unemployment numbers show that the U.S. unemployment numbers have not yet bottomed out – and that instead, the problem is worsening at a gut-wrenching pace.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/21/2020
Biden tinkers with campaign leadership ~ Cuomocest ~ Warren, just sad ~ Pelosi, just sad ~ Liberal Democrats and means-testing ~ “The Patchwork Pandemic” ~ Employment, leading indicators, manufacturing, housing ~ Animals return! ~ Michigan flood ~ Private equity ruins health care ~ An obituary to reckon with
Read more...Sweden’s Covid-19 Experiment Looks Even Worse as Death Rate Rises, Neighbors Contemplate Cordon
More defenses of Sweden’s failed Covid-19 approach appear even as evidence of its failure mounts.
Read more...Capitalism vs. Safety, Health: An Old Story Again
A short history of the fight to make workplaces less dangerous to your health.
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