Summer Rerun: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Another dive, in both senses of the word, into the implications of libertarian ideology.
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Robot Generals: Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans – Or Worse?
The odd idea of replacing generals with AI is getting a hearing.
Read more...Koch Influence Taints New Tufts-Based Think Thank: The Tentacles of the Mercatus Center
A timely reminder that despite the raging pandemic, Koch interests keep up their efforts to influence politics and academia.
Read more...‘They Have Nowhere To Run’: Inmate Families, Advocates Push for Prisoner Release as California Wildfires Engulf State
The prisons that house some inamets lie in the path of wildfires, and California hasn’t yet furloughed them or moved them to safety.
Read more...Something Remarkable Just Happened This August: How the Pandemic Has Sped Up the Passage to Postcapitalism
Yanis Varioufakis discusses the emerging shape of postcapitalism.
Read more...Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope
Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.
Read more...How the Agricultural Lobby Is Sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal
The European Commission’s ambitous Green Deal plans are already stumbling over bureaucratic infighting and ag industry opposition.
Read more...Global Warming Is Accelerating. (In Other News, Democrats Reverse Platform, Won’t End Fossil Fuel Subsidies)
The Democrats busy themselves with a self-love fest as they ignore more and more dire evidence of the progress of global warming.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part II – The Strategy
Where you wind up when you take libertarian ideas to their logical conclusion…..
Read more...Fiscal Austerity and the Rise of the Nazis
Local economic data and election results in Weimar Germany shows that more acute austerity led to more Nazi support.
Read more...Fed Economists Finger Monopoly Concentration as Underlying Driver of Neoliberal Economic Restructuring; Barry Lynn in Harpers and Fortnite Lawsuit Put Hot Light on Tech Monopoly Power
Some good work on monopoly is marred by the bizarre inclusion of Uber. Its predatory pricing is the result of deep pockets and ideology, not potential market power.
Read more...As Courts Re-Open, Britain’s Renters Must Confront the Power of Landlords
Renters and landlords need to come to terms in the Covid-19 new normal. But it’s not shaping up to be pretty.
Read more...Has CalPERS Come Clean With Its Board Over Pending $500 Million Carlyle Deal, Tainted by Ownership of Carlyle Shares by Departed CIO Ben Meng?
CalPERS needs to come clean about its Ben Meng mess. A pending Carlyle transaction shows it’s still in cover-up mode.
Read more...Grim Future of Cities: State’s Growing Budget Hole Threatens New York City Jobs, Services
The New York City budget hole is getting bigger. How much of a harbinger is this for other US cities?
Read more...Major General Dennis Laich: Pentagon Needs a Bad Guy
Retired General Dennis Laich gives some insight into America’s permanent war policy.
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