Category Archives: Politics

Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts: It Is Time To Remove The Debt Barrier To Economic Growth

Why it’s time for a widespread debt writedown.

Biden Stimulus Plan Shores Up Weakest Multi-Employer Pension Plans Rather than Taking on Private Equity Abuses

A Biden rescue of the sickest private pension plans goes largely under the radar.

Indian Vaccine Manufacturers: U.S. Use of Wartime Export Controls Threatens World Vaccine Production

Will the U.S. relax export controls that threaten global vaccine production? What’s the next step for U.S. vacccine diplomacy?

‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries

Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.

New Zealand’s Feeble Attempt to Curb Sky-High Housing Prices

New Zealand, awfully late in the game, is trying to Do Something about insane housing prices.

Nomi Prins: To Build or Not to Build? The Infrastructure Question

For all sorts of bad reasons, American has a huge infrastructure spending backlog. But can we even do the job well?

For the Birds: Lights Out Philly

Bird Safe Philly announces voluntary initiative to switch off lights on skyscrapers to prevent migrating birds from crashing to their deaths.

Meet the “New Koch Brothers” – the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal

Wealthy predators are playing stock market games with companies needed to develop and produce clean technology.

By Declaring March 11 “Our” Covid Anniversary, the Press Erases Covid’s Origin Story in the U.S.

The hive mind hums happily.

Mayberry v. KKR: Pitched Battle as Attorney General and Defendants Try to Block “Tier 3 Plaintiffs” Pursuing Claims Aggressively

The mudslinging! The disingenuous arguments! The clever retorts! The crafty lawyering! Welcome to Mayberry v. KKR, the Tier 3 chapter.

Failed COVID Strategy Leaves Sweden Deeply Divided

Sweden became a symbol for anti-lockdown and no-mask movements across the world. But it’s no longer a source of consensus at home.

Sports Desk: DoJ Files Amicus Brief in Support of College Athletes, While Congress Mulls Giving Them Rights to Their Names, Images, and Likenesses

Both the DoJ and Congress apparently side with college athletes over the NCAA in on antitrust and property issues.

Woodlands and Wetlands Could be Worth More When Left to Nature Than When Farmed

Study suggests that the assumption that greater economic benefits follow from developing resources, rather than conservation, is false.

Why the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Is Essential for U.S. Survival

Maintaining and reviving manufacturing capacity in key insutries is vital to preserving jobs and ensuring U.S. survival.

Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro’s ‘Moronic’ Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic

A Brazilian court this week rehabilitated former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for a 2022 presidential bid.