Money Is Still King of the Hill And We Are All the Poorer for It: A Glance Back, and Forward
A personal retrospective on money in US politics.
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The Military-Industrial Jobs Scam
Military contractors have used the threat of US job cuts to extract more dough from American taxpayers….and then cut US jobs.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Global Warming and U.S. National Security Diplomacy
The fatal combination of the national security state’s mentality and oil industry lobbying threatens to destroy the planet’s climate.
Read more...Neoliberalism: Political Success, Economic Failure
Now, after nearly half a century, the verdict on neoliberalism is in.
Read more...Why We Need Publicly Owned Energy for a Green New Deal
Moving to zero carbon output requires a decentralized, publicly-owned energy system.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/2/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Taxing foreign capital, fundraising maps for all Democrats, climate change forum upcoming, Gabbard, Harris, Sanders, Warren, Yang, DSA convention, employment situation, factory orders, consumer sentiment, electric scooters, Greenland ice sheet, funny words
Read more...Trump Pretends to Like Union Members—But He Really Likes the Fat Cats
An update on what Trump has, or more accurately, has not, done for workers.
Read more...Links 8/2/19
Why Consumers Aren’t Buying Electric Cars
Press and affluenza enthusiasm for electric vehicles is ahead of mass consumer appetite.
Read more...Climate Equity: What Is It?
Why the AOC-Kamala Harris climate equity scheme fails as climate and economic policy.
Read more...Signs of Recession Are Hitting Europe—And Its New Central Bank President May Not Be Up for the Challenge
Europe, or more specifically the Eurozone, has a deficient bank regulatory framework which may be tested by economic weakness and wobbly banks. Having Christine Lagarde at the ECB’s helm is not likely to be a plus.
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #4 in Detroit (Second Night)
Open thread on the debate.
Read more...Carbon Dividends: A Plan for Earth’s Survival that Can Survive U.S. Politics?
Yves here. Carbon dividends are a way to create support for setting a price for carbon. None other than those starry-eyed granola heads at Financial Times called for setting a price for carbon in 2007. Pigovian taxes (ones meant to discourage activity, like transactions taxes) should typically not be seen as revenue generators, since you […]
Read more...Restoring the Commons
On how revived commons can work in a modern economy.
Read more...Reclaiming the Commons Through State Ownership? Maybe Not
Transnational state capital can be just as harmful as its private counterparts. Local, democratic and sustainable alternatives offer better protection.
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