The chief architects of the exercise in looting otherwise known as the post-crisis rescues are back promoting more of the same.
Read more...More proof that CalPERS has no shame.
Read more...Prison strike that began on August 21 is scheduled to end today, the forty-fifth anniversary of the Attica uprising and rebellion took place in the New York state prison, with prisoners protesting slave labor conditions and other injustices.
Read more...A drop-off in funding for vaccines for ‘diseases of poverty’ is another consequence of the financial crisis. A recent study laments bleak prospects for breakthroughs on malaria, tuberculosis, dengue, and other diseases. Climate change is expanding the range where these diseases may be contracted.
Read more...In their 21st-century role as counterparty/dealer/insurer of last resort, central bankers must not simply use their balance sheets indiscriminately to provide a liquidity backstop during the downturns. They must embrace this counterparty role as an umpire, rather than an enabler.
Read more...In the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh describes the process by which she began theorizing white privilege. We look at her narrative in depth, and try to see what it tells us about how privilege concepts were first constructed and what this means for us today.
Read more...Understanding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s potential impact on corporate regulation and the climate means looking back all the way to 1890, to the era of Lochner v. New York and the robber barons.
Read more...By Gaius Publius, a professional writer living on the West Coast of the United States and frequent contributor to DownWithTyranny, digby, Truthout, and Naked Capitalism. Follow him on Twitter @Gaius_Publius, Tumblr and Facebook. GP article archive here. Originally published at Common Dreams If Democratic votes put Kavanaugh on the Court, the nation will be harmed […]
Read more...Discussions of privilege have become ubiquitous, and Peggy McIntosh’s 1988 talk has something to do with this. But there are strange contradictions in the chronology of her account of how her views changed. What did she believe earlier? We look at the evidence.
Read more...Advocates exaggerate claims that privatization would reduce governments’ fiscal problems while ensuring more efficient, productive, and competitive economies by promoting private entrepreneurship, innovation, and investments.
Read more...Privilege has gone from an idea discussed by a few activists to an entirely mainstream concept enjoying great respect. How does the idea actually work out in practice? What is its history? The focus is on the seminal work of Peggy McIntosh.
Read more...The US military disproves the notion “the conventional army loses if it does not win,” and now wins simply by not losing.
Read more...Identifying the driving forces behind historical witch hunts and assessing their relevance to today.
Read more...Second Circuit last week narrowed the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but will not redirect the DoJ to focus on enforcement of more significant violations that occur closer to home.
Read more...A conversation with Chris Hedges about his apocalyptic new book America: The Farewell Tour (Simon & Schuster, August 2018).
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