From the Blitz to COVID-19, Our Rulers Have Got Us Wrong
Covid-19 as yet another opporutnity for elite prejudice.
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Analysis: We Knew The Coronavirus Was Coming, Yet We Failed 5 Critical Tests
The Coronavirus stress test has laid bare a market that is broken, lacking the ability to attend to the public health at a time of desperate need and with a government unwilling — in some ways unable — to force it to do so.
Read more...Coronavirus Magical Thinking, US Style: Contact Tracing Versus Masks
With bad coronavirus outcomes, America seems set on continuing to do dumb things.
Read more...Public Schools Collapsing into a Zoom Heap
The true cost of shuttered schools.
Read more...Surgical Masks: From Protection to Fashion?
A random walk through the world of masks.
Read more...Neoliberalism Is Over. Welcome to the Era of Neo-Illiberalism!
Big tech, nationalist politics, and the billionaire class have propelled a novel political economy. What impact will the virus have on this new status quo?
Read more...Tom Ferguson: Big Business Takes Cash as Workers Laid Off, States and Cities Go Bust
Tom Ferguson and Paul Jay discuss how Democrats and Republicans distaste for accountability by finance and big corporations is playing out in the coronacrisis
Read more...Why I’m Not Keen About Telemedicine, US Style
Telemedicine has a lot of warts.
Read more...Retail Bankruptcies, Bailouts Put Spotlight on Private Equity
Private equity turned a lot of retailers into tenants….and now landlords are a big impediment to the survival of many businesses.
Read more...The Puzzling Questions of the Coronavirus: A Doctor Addresses 6 Questions That Are Stumping Physicians
A partial list of coronavirus “known unknowns”.
Read more...Hunger Rises Dramatically in America
Hunger levels are shooting up and Republicans want to do as little as possible about it.
Read more...Economic Blow Of The Coronavirus Hits America’s Already Stressed Farmers
Many farmers were struggling economically and psychologically even before coronavirus hit.
Read more...The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 6)
What the Federal Reserve has been up to lately, such as bailing out the shale gas industry.
Read more...People and Jobs? Or Wealth? The Government Has To Decide Which To Prioritise, and There Is Only One Right Answer
Why landlords, banks, and pensions need to be sacrificed to save jobs and businesses from the ravages of coronavirus.
Read more...The Eurozone in Crisis
The Eurozone, despite years of band-aids over gunshot wounds, has managed to soldier on. It may have finally met its match in the coronacrisis
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