Who Benefits from Russia’s War in Ukraine
Contrary to plans, Ukraine war sanctions against Russia enriched many of Russia’s top businessmen, including those sanctioned personally.
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Elite College Money Woes: Wall Street Journal Notes but Underplays the Level of Negligence
A new story on the financial tsuris at even the most elite universities underplays how they’ve made poor investment choices for many years.
Read more...Why Doesn’t the News Media Talk About the Real Issues in Life?
Looking at why the media seems increasingly to be talking to itself and not ordinary people.
Read more...The Truth About H-1B Visas
More on the H-1B visa scam.
Read more...The Rise in Early-Onset Cancers: Their Origins and What to Do About Them
Cancers among the young have risen so much that some experts have called it an epidemic. What are the probable causes and preventatives?
Read more...Why Do We Have a Mental Health Crisis?
Why neoliberalism is a major cause of mental health problems.
Read more...Trump and Political Realignment: Twirling Toward Freedom?
Is Trump’s hostile takeover of the Republican party part of a political realignment, or just jousting among plutocrats?
Read more...What Would a Net-Zero 2050 Actually Look Like?
Some Net Zero hopium. Reader evaluations encouraged.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Foreward on Schurtz’s Origins of Money
Michael Hudson explains how Heinrich Schurtz’s 1897 Origins of Money debunked neoclassical fables about how money started and developed.
Read more...Post Cold War Geopolitics Worse for Global South
How the US mismanaged its unipolar moment to the detriment of the Global South.
Read more...Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts Expire Soon − Study Shows They Made Income Inequality Worse and Especially Hurt Black Americans
The first-term Trump tax cuts, increased inequality. So why does there seem to be so much complacency about their renewal?
Read more...Political Distrust and the Populist Alt-View Trap
More handwringing about populist political figures, and what can be done to counter their messaging successes.
Read more...Elite College Antitrust Lawsuit Digs into Violation of Exemption via Preferring the Rich
The latest shoes drop in an antitrust suit against five elite schools over money playing a role in admissions, a violation of a legal carveout.
Read more...Tom Neuburger: Why CEOs and the Very Rich Should Receive Enhanced Protection
Why CEOs and squillionaries deserve the very best protection money can buy.
Read more...It Is Possible to Have a Flat Tax, or to Have Democracy, but Not Both
Why a flat tax is yet another scheme to further enrich the rich and weaken the political power of ordinary citizens.
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