Category Archives: Politics

Macroeconomics, Money (MMT Style) and Post-Brexit Recovery, All in One Twitter thread

Money, lending, government spending, QE….all explained in one tidy post!

Robert McChesney: The Decline of American Journalism

Why is US journalism in the crapper?

The Failure of the Public Health Establishment

Questioning whether the public health response to Covid is really about protecting the public.

It’s Time to Break Up Britain

The Tories’ shambolic, self-serving rule has stoked interest in Britain breakaways by Scotland and even Wales and the North. But are they viable?

Polarized Pandemic Response and Covid-19 Connectedness Across US States

US data shows that strict responses reduce Covid outbreaks, and less stringent (Republican) states spread disease to each other.

DoorDash Delivery Workers Would Need to Toil for Two Days to Buy a Single Share of Their $60 Billion Company

A look at how DoorDash exploits its workers, and how they and some legislators are seeking to change that.

‘95% Effective’ May Not Mean What You Think It Means

A detailed discussion of the headline “95% effective” claim for the about-to-be-released Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines.

Brexit Chaos Was Entirely Predictable Because the World Works on Routine, and Brexit Breaks All the Routine Systems on Which Trade Has Relied

Brexit disruption has started even with a skimpy deal still theoretically possible.

Medicare Blues

Medicare is not looking good.

Why America’s Future Depends on Rebuilding Our Factories

Bringing factories back to the US would have been a good idea 20 years ago. Hard to see how we get there from here now.

Judge Slams Apollo for Making Investors Pay for Partner’s Bogus Personal Expenses; Clueless SEC Missed the Abuse, Maybe Because Paul Weiss Misled Them

A federal judge blasts Apollo for making bogus charges to its investors and by implication, law firm Paul Weiss, for whitewashing the abuse.

What Is Exploitation in the Context of ‘Modern Slavery’? A Legal Proposal

The absence of clear parameters for determining what counts as exploitation allows states to misclassify victims.

Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth on Democrats Trying to Please Too Many Money Masters at Once

The Democrats will soon decide which campaign promises will be ignored or walked back. Sandernistas, brace yourselves.

Green Growth vs Degrowth: Are We Missing the Point?

A broad discussion of the climate change growth versus degrowth debate and how to move forward despite those differences.

Brexit: Stumbling

More Brexit posturing, but also some hardening of positions when both sides would need to give to get a deal.