Could Climate Change Fuel the Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism?
How climate change is bad not just for health but also politics.
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Cory Doctorow: Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the Making of a Whistleblower
A review of Edward Snowden’s new book.
Read more...Wolf Richter: How Employees & Employers Get Bled by Health Insurance
Health insurance costs will kill you if your medical issues don’t get you first.
Read more...Who Advocates For Surprise Medical Billing? – Private Equity Hides Behind Physicians’ White Coats
Private equity is a danger to your health via its role in suprise billing. To hang onto its meal ticket, it is funding dark money group and ads to block legislation.
Read more...After Climate-Focused 2020 Bid, Inslee Faces Indigenous Campaigners’ Demand to End All Fossil Fuel Projects in Washington
Governor Jay Inslee exposed as a climate change hypocrite.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Asset-Price Inflation and Rent Seeking
A meaty new paper by Michael Hudson.
Read more...Big Tech ‘Nudges’ Our Behavior for Its Own Greed: Here’s a 4-Step Social Media Self-Defense Class
Some simple suggestions for how to keep tech from running your life.
Read more...Take Your Pick of Left Wing Climate Change Narratives: Green Abundance or Righteous Austerity
Is there climate change orthodoxy?
Read more...The Failure of Higher Education: A Tale of Two Diplomas
How teachers and students have meekly accepted the strangling of education.
Read more...Reminder: Pop-up Meetup in NYC Today (with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn): We Look Forward to Seeing You!
Please join us for a meet-up tonight at the Grey Mare. We look forward to seeing you.
Read more...Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters
A new effort at reducing suicides by understanding them better is showing promising results.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/23/2020
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune Alert reader dk (not to be confused with DK) is in the process of developing the following interactive […]
Read more...Links 9/23/19
Interest Rate Derivatives Trading Explodes to $6.5 Trillion/Day
Interest rate derivatives trading spikes over last 3 years; the UK currently dominates. Will this continue post-Brexit?
Read more...Working Conditions on Digital Labour Platforms: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Quest for Decent Work
A large scale study confirms that labour platforms, also known as crowdwork, are exploitative.
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