Russia Sitrep of Sorts
Yet again reading the Russia/Ukraine tea leaves.
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FTX/Alameda’s Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang Sign Plea Deals for Seven Felonies in Hopes of Reduced Sentences; New SEC Filing Adds Charges Based on Deeming FTT a Security
More shoes drop in the FTX saga as Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang cooperate with officials and we get an idea of the tales they are telling.
Read more...Big Pharma’s Obscene Profits, Not Striking Nurses, Are Killing the NHS
US patients are not the only victims of Big Pharma price gouging.
Read more...Twitter and the State, Part 2
Highlights from the latest Twitter Files releases.
Read more...Salvador Luria, 1912-1991: A Scientist for Our Time
On accomplished scientist, institution-builder, teacher and activitst Salvadore Luria.
Read more...Monopoly Power vs Democracy – Matt Stoller
A wide-ranging discussion of some of the key mechanisms for exercising power in advaced economies, starting with monopolies.
Read more...Meet the Grinch Stealing Social Security, the Future of Gen Y And Z
ow Social Security is a victim of wage stagflation.
Read more...Unequal Education and the ‘Great Gatsby Curve’
A look at the role of educational advantage in perpetuating inequality.
Read more...Book Review: Lance deHaven-Smith, “C*******cy T****y in America”
Existing weaknesses and possible strengths of “citizen political science”
Read more...Draper’s Millions: The Philanthropic Wellspring of Modern Race Science
How sustained funding legitimated race sciene.
Read more...The Political Disruptions of Fiscal Austerity
Confirmation that austerity is bad for political stabiity because ordinary citizens don’t take well to their governments treating them badly.
Read more...The Political Economy of Effective Altruism
How the effective altruism discourages collective action….by design.
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Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses the Future of Europe and Global Restructuring
Michael Hudson describes how the war with Russia is changing the economic and political order, and not to the advantage of Europe and the US.
Read more...Bankman-Fried, Political Money, and the Crash of FTX
How FTX showering money on both parties to try to paralyze regulators.
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