Economic Growth: A Short History of a Controversial Idea
Environmentalists and even some economists question the relentless pursuit of GDP growth. But where did the idea come from?
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Book Review: Chris Arnade’s “Dignity”
Chris Arnade’s 150,000-mile, multi-year photograhic journey through unthriving America—urban and rural, black and white, from Lewiston, Maine, to Bakersfield, California, with many stops in between.
Read more...Grenfell Tower Fire: A (Non-)Progress Report
Plus ça change….
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Michael Hudson: Trump’s Trade Threats Are Really Cold War 2.0
At stake is whether China will agree to do what Russia did in the 1990s: put a Yeltsin-like puppet of neoliberal planners in place to shift control of its economy from its government to the U.S. financial sector and its planners.
Read more...Conservative Economists Embrace Adam Smith as a Hero — But Many Scholars Say His Legacy Has Been Distorted
In popular imagination, Smith’s invisible hand has become so strongly associated with Friedman’s openly conservative economic agenda that people often take for granted that is what Smith meant.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders on democratic socialism, Warren, Democrat debates, UAW in Chattanooga, jobless claims, import and export, rail, ports, Amazon and Whole Foods, Uber flying taxis, Jevons Paradox, food forests, orphan counties, meritocracy, vax, LaTex
Read more...Climate Change: Judge Allows New York’s Martin Act Lawsuit Against Exxon to Proceed
New York state judge allows climate fraud lawsuit brought under the Martin Act to proceed, rejecting defendant Exxon’s claims for dismissal.
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Breakfast of Champions: New Tests Reveal Unsafe Levels of Glyphosate in Children’s Cereals
New study finds unsafe level of glyphosate residues in breakfast cereals, against a backdrop of accelerating (and so far successful) product liability lawsuits against Bayer.
Read more...Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil’s Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
Real News Network interview with Mike Fox discussing ramifications of documents released by the Intercept, revealing political motivations behind former Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s prosecution and conviction.
Read more...Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse
CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam says, “As most of the world’s markets and market regulators are taking steps towards assessing and mitigating the current and potential threats of climate change, we in the U.S. must also demand action from all segments of the public and private sectors, including this agency.”
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/12/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Moulton, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Iowa, consumer price index, business inflation expecations, minerals, Spotify, Uber and Lyft, robot cars, tech break-ups, California fires and pot farms, UAW in Chattanooga, Jared Diamond, music master tapes destroyed
Read more...Mitigating “Plant Blindness” through a Photographing a Community Garden
Plant blindness has led to the devaluation of plants with regard to their impact on the economy and culture, environmental sustainability, and public health.
Read more...Why Boeing May Never Recover From Its 737 Debacle
The company hasn’t just lost its business compass—gone is its moral one as well.
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