PG&E Blackout Round-Up, Mini-Grids, and Thoughts on The Jackpot
PG&E’s bankruptcy woes, possibilities for a more resilient grid, and “androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad sh*t” (The Jackpot).
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Post-Capitalists Must Understand the Role of Migration in Global Capitalism
Why the left needs to stop being naive about the economic uses of migration.
Read more...Old Toryism, Risen from the Crypt
A deeper explanation of Brexit, contemporary UK events and how it inherits an old tradition of conventional Toryism.
Read more...Marketers Want Even More Control Over Hospitals
Another distubing example of MBA infestation at hospitals.
Read more...The Census Fails to Count 100 Million People as Living in Poverty
IPS Fellow Karen Dolan, who works with the Poor People’s Campaign, discusses her new study on poverty in the US.
Read more...The California Workers’ Rights Bill Is a Start, but We Need a More Radical Approach to the ‘Gig Economy’
Stronger rights for Uber and Amazon workers are essential. But we must also address the economic context that makes insecure work a reality.
Read more...Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
A reprise of Mark Ames’ biting fundraiser classic.
Read more...Why Hospitals Are Getting Into the Housing Business
Hospitals have some long-term patients not for medical reasons, but because they have no where to go. Giving them interim housing looks like a better answer.
Read more...The Implementation Flaw in Warren’s Wealth Tax
There are better ways to skin fat cats than Warren’s wealth tax.
Read more...We Can’t Rely on Corporations to Reform Themselves – We Must Challenge Their Power
Corporations cross their hearts and swear that they’ll care about more than executive and director pay and stock prices.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Asset-Price Inflation and Rent Seeking
A meaty new paper by Michael Hudson.
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.
Read more...Ending Temp Workers Is at Center of Auto Workers Strike
How temp workers are a way to implement Jay Gould’s plan: “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”
Read more...New Evidence on the Consequences of Gentrification for Children
Contrary to widespread beliefs, gentrification does not appear to harm children. But that may be because it operates differenlty than most assume.
Read more...The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf Discovers that Rentier Capitalism and Financialization Increase Inequality and Hurt Growth
Martin Wolf has a big think about what is wrong in and discovers rentier activity.
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