Michael Hudson: Debt, Liberty and “Acts of God”
How ancient societies forgave debt that became unpayable due to circumstances outside the borrower’s control.
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Is There a Role For NGOs in the Transformation of Society?
In the last five years we’ve published 30 articles on NGOs and social change. What do they reveal?
Read more...If the Federal Government Won’t Fund the States’ Emergency Needs, There Is Another Solution
Some ways aroung the Federal government’s present refusal to do much for state and localities.
Read more...The War Nerd: How Many Dead Yemeni Nobodies Does It Take to Equal 1 Wapo Contributor?
It’s not easy to get a real-life scientific-type test of the relative weight of a WaPo writer’s death and the deaths of “enemy” civilians. Well, we’ve got such a test now. I just found it at the BBC News site.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
Read more...Craig Murray Documents Abuse of Process, aka Kangaroo Court, via Butchered Indictment
The UK court is play so dirty with Craig Murray that it might make our FISA court look good.
Read more...Bernie Sanders Says It Is ‘Nauseating’ to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as ‘Heroes’ While Refusing to Pay Them More
Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Read more...Brexit: Posturing and Impasse
More Brexit chest-thumping.
Read more...Capitalism vs. Safety, Health: An Old Story Again
A short history of the fight to make workplaces less dangerous to your health.
Read more...Department of Justice, State AGs to Target Google for Antitrust Violations, WSJ Reports
WSJ reports the DOJ and various state attorneys general will soon file antitrust lawsuits against Google, but is short on legal details.
Read more...Why We Need the Human Touch in Contact Tracing for Coronavirus
Contact tracing with the human touch works better than the highly-touted app panaceas du jour – and without raising the same civil liberties concerns.
Read more...The Lockdown Protestors Are Not Working Class
Contesting the messaging about lockdown protests.
Read more...How Germany’s Courts Might Destroy the Eurozone
Without an agreed set of rules, the eurozone cannot be sustained. Ironically, as the EU’s biggest creditor, Germany stands to lose the most from its court’s ruling.
Read more...Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding
Neglecting facilities that serve Medicaid patients in the Covid-19 rescues puts health infrastructure for the poor at risk of collapse.
Read more...U.S. COVID-19 Contact Tracing Programs Designed for Failure, Despite Bloomberg Money; Why Can’t the U.S. Copy the Lessons of Hong Kong’s Success?
The US has turned to contact tracing as the latest panacea for slowing the spread of COVID-19. Major flaws in the design of these programs will limit their success.
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