Category Archives: Politics

Brexit: The Barnier Cliff

December 31 is a Barnier deadline too.

MMT and the EU: A Case for Capturing the Prevailing Narrative

A political economy take on the EU.

Obama’s Promised Land: Obama Wept (Two Episodes from Campaign 2008)

Obama on the trail in 2008….

Can’t Do America: Kick the Can Approach to Public Pension Fund Crisis, Even Though Canada Cleaned Up Its Mess

Why the US is certain to ignore the Canadian roadmap out of its public pension fund mess….and it’s not just because exceptionalism.

Obama’s Promised Land: Come for the Droning, Stay for the Erasures

Cracking open Obama third autobiography

Covid Profits of Pharmaceutical Monopolies vs Peoples’ Lives

The WTO is set to consider a proposal supported by 99 countries to waive intellectual property protection for Covid treatments.

Spreading Like Wildfire: Luther’s Network and the Early Reformation

How did Martin Luther’s message spread so quickly?

Brexit: HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME

Little Brexit motion and less progress as the clock runs.

Nathan Tankus: What the Hell is Going On With CARES Act “Funds”?

Trying to make sense of CARES Act gimmickry.

To Save the Economy, Biden Must First Save Lives

More discussion of an analysis that concluded that the only way to “fix the economy” was to tackle Covid…and not hope for a vaccine bailout

Brexit: Decisions

The Brexit trade talks illustrate that not deciding amounts to a decision.

Yemen: More Damage To World Peace And Security Due To Trump Wrecking Everything As He Exits

Trump kicks Yemen.

How to Move Beyond Utopian Socialism and Libertarianism

It is vital to escape the standard binary debates of state versus market or public versus private ownership.