Precarity: A Political Problem
‘Free market’ advocates claim that the rise of precarity was inevitable, as opposed to the result of political decisions.
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Jeff Bezos’ Not So Excellent Indian Adventure: Modi Government Disses Inept Amazon
India’s top BJP ministers show cold shoulder to foreigner bearing “gifts”- the Amazon promise to create jobs- and push back accordingly.
Read more...The Lords and Ladies of Discipline: An Interview with Matt Stoller
Matt Stoller explains how economics reinforces established power relations.
Read more...In Historic Shift, Second Largest Physicians Group in US Has New Prescription: It’s Medicare for All
The 159,000-member American College of Physicians cal for major changes to the US health care system and endorse Medicare for All.
Read more...Thoughts on Warren, Sanders and the Convention: Warren’s Choice?
Unpacking the implications of the Warren attack on Sanders.
Read more...The New York Times Dual Endorsement of Klobuchar and Warren: This Ain’t It, Chief
Lambert puts on his yellow waders and ventures out on the Times Editoral Board…
Read more...Brexit: Digging In
Brexit again gets ugly.
Read more...Sex Workers Can Tell You Why Sex Work Is Work – Speak to Them
Combatting mispercptions about sex work, paritcularly the need for better work condiions.
Read more...Lake Erie, Toxic Algae, and Mobilizing to Protect Toledo’s Drinking Water by Declaring the Lake a Person
How Toledo citizens mobilized to protect the Lake Erie ecosystem by declaring it to be a person with rights, the reaction of the corporations and the State, and how you can help.
Read more...Integrating Black and White American Economic History
The interplay of black and white economic history: slaves, freedmen, Jim Crow laws and the Great Migration.
Read more...Trump’s China Trade Deal Handwave
There’s not much to like in the Trump “Phase 1” China trade deal because there’s not much to it.
Read more...UN’s Warning that Gaza Will Not Be a “Liveable Place” by 2020 Has Been Realised
The primary cause of this ‘unliveable’ environment is a highly restrictive Israeli blockade, now in its 13th year, which has reduced Gaza to the point of ‘systemic collapse’.
Read more...PolitiFact Wrongly Lets Biden Off the Hook: The Truth About Social Security Cuts
Going after yet another Biden lie.
Read more...Will Italy’s ‘Sardines’ Be Effective in the Upcoming Regional Election?
Will the populist Sardines shake up the Italian fake left, or will they just be a flash (mob) in the pan?
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #9 in Des Moines, Iowa
Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★ Six candidates on one stage! ★★★ Come on down!
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