The Sham of Shareholder Capitalism
The mythology of shareholder capitalism does not stand up to scrutiny.
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Victory Gardens in the World Wars (and in the Neoliberal Era)
A random walk through Victory Garden posters, with commentary, and a recommendation that the government mobilize to recreate them.
Read more...Links 6/23/19
Wolf Richter: Bring on Higher Oil Prices: They’ll Boost the US Economy. Powell Sees it Too. A New Experience for the US
The plunge in oil prices since August has caused the oil-and-gas sector to get skittish with capital expenditures this year, and Powell picked up on that. Investment in the US shale sector has a big impact on the real economy.
Read more...1 In 6 Insured Hospital Patients Get A Surprise Bill For Out-Of-Network Care
Surprise bills don’t just come from the emergency room. Often, patients will pick an in-network facility and see a provider who works there but isn’t employed by the hospital.
Read more...Trade Wars in the Global Value Chain Era
Why trade wars are more costly than conventional wisdom would have you believe now that manufacturing to a large degree depends on global value chains.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden v. Booker, Biden v. Sanders v. Warren, Trump and the evangelicals, reparations, party building, housing, PMI, Tesla, concentration, New York climate law, cannabis cultivation, the NHS, surprise billing, AHIP, the Internet of Sh*t
Read more...Place-Based Economic Conditions and the Geography of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
There is not one opioid crisis in America—there are many. And supply-focused measures won’t stop them.
Read more...What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?
Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.
Read more...The Two-State Solution Is Dead. Bloodbath Next?
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the Israeli plan to force integration of Palestine will lead to a bloodbath. But what are the alternatives?
Read more...Facebook’s New Libra Digital Currency, Trust Issues (Many), and Sovereignty
Trust issues with Facebook’s Libra for users, regulators, and technically. And is Facebook seeking to become a sovereign?
Read more...Citizens Assembly: Towards a Politics of Considered Judgement’
Experts in deliberative democracy have been working across the world for around twenty years. Now, all of a sudden, their expertise is in high demand. Interview.
Read more...These Statistics Show Why the Status Quo Is Failing Most Americans
Ugly but important statistics on America’s fraying social fabric.
Read more...Whether It’s the New NAFTA or the Old NAFTA, It Serves the 1 Percent
By Leo W. Gerard, the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Produced by the Independent Media Institute Mick Mulvaney, a millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, awarded himself another job last week: spokesman for labor. Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, […]
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/19/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden GZF, Sanders, Warren, Poor People’s Campaign, Instagram influencers, Amazon 737s, logistics costs, Facebook’s Libra, AI and health care, Oregon cap-and-trade, flesh-eating bacteria, scientific fraud, grilled hot dogs
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