Australia Debates: Communist Party China the New Nazi Germany?
A row Down Under as a prominent and well placed MP says some not-nice things about China.
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Mark Blyth’s Incisive Post-Crisis Takedown: “A Brief History of How We Got Here and Why”
Mark Blyth gives a pithy talk on the economic regimes of the modern period and what is likely to be in store.
Read more...Money Is Still King of the Hill And We Are All the Poorer for It: A Glance Back, and Forward
A personal retrospective on money in US politics.
Read more...The Trump White House Is Upending Decades of Policy-Making Procedures
The Trump Administration really is making things up as it goes along.
Read more...Why We Need Publicly Owned Energy for a Green New Deal
Moving to zero carbon output requires a decentralized, publicly-owned energy system.
Read more...Trump Pretends to Like Union Members—But He Really Likes the Fat Cats
An update on what Trump has, or more accurately, has not, done for workers.
Read more...Private Equity: The Perps Behind Destructive Hospital Surprise Billing
How private equity ginned up yet another abuse.
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #4 in Detroit (Second Night)
Open thread on the debate.
Read more...Carbon Dividends: A Plan for Earth’s Survival that Can Survive U.S. Politics?
Yves here. Carbon dividends are a way to create support for setting a price for carbon. None other than those starry-eyed granola heads at Financial Times called for setting a price for carbon in 2007. Pigovian taxes (ones meant to discourage activity, like transactions taxes) should typically not be seen as revenue generators, since you […]
Read more...Financial Times Goes Wobbly on Brexit No Deal Impact
Is a flabby Financial Times story just a case of a piece not coming together, or is the pink paper pulling its punches on Brexit?
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #3 in Detroit (First Night)
Open thread on the debate.
Read more...Reclaiming the Commons Through State Ownership? Maybe Not
Transnational state capital can be just as harmful as its private counterparts. Local, democratic and sustainable alternatives offer better protection.
Read more...Brexit: Can Anyone Take the Wheel From Johnson?
Johnson is committing the UK to a no deal Brexit. What could stop him?
Read more...Hospitals Squeal Like Stuck Pigs Over Trump Proposal to Force Disclosure of Insurance Company Discounts
A Trump proposal to force some price transparency on hospitals has them hopping mad.
Read more...The “Existential Battle” Is for Control of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party operatives would have voters focus on Trump, as opposed to the batttle within their party over the Sanders-led effort to implement policies that serve Americans broadly, not the top 10% .
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