Medicare for All (the Perplexed)
A French lesson on Medicare for All.
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Is a War With Iran on the Horizon?
Why the US might be dumb enough to start a hot war with Iran.
Read more...India Bans Plastics Waste Imports, While Fossil Fuel Plastics Pushers in US and China Ramp Up to Party On
Kudos to India for banning plastics waste imports, to focus on solving its own waste management problem. Meanwhile, fossil fuel interests ramp up plans to produce more plastics.
Read more...Bill Black Analyzes Brad DeLong’s Stunning Concession: Neoliberals Should Pass the Baton and Let the Left Lead
Bill Black analyzes Brad DeLong’s concession that neoliberals should get out of the way and let the left lead since their coalition with Republicans did not work.
Read more...Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
US counties with convict labor often have lower wage and employment growth
Read more...Charter School Cap Efforts Gain Momentum
Evidence increasingly shows that charter schools damage public schools, fueling campaigns to stop charter school growth.
Read more...Power Failure and Blackout: An Update on the Situation in Venezuela
It seems to be taking the United States rather a long time to topple the Maduro government.
Read more...Brexit: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
No one knows what is set to happen on Brexit day.
Read more...Trump Looks To Nationalize 5G
Wellie, if the government owns the 5G network, you won’t have any doubt as to who has access to what you did over it.
Read more...France, Inequality, the Yellow Vests, and the Social Elevator
Redistribution through taxes and social transfers is not sufficient to curb the inequality in opportunity, which is mostly linked to the educational system and perpetuates economic and social situations from one generation to the next.
Read more...A First Look at Pramila Jayapal’s “Medicare for All Act of 2019”, HR 1384
The state of play on the Hill, Jayapal burns the ships, Pelosi is awful, and HR1384 tries to eliminate health care for profit.
Read more...Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal?
Gail Tverberg extends her peak oil analysis to coal and finds a similar pattern.
Read more...Corruption Fueling Choice of “Ballot Marking Devices,” not Paper Ballots, in Georgia, Pennsylvania Debacles
Penny ante corruption fuels purchases of voting machines in Georgia and Pennsylvania
Read more...The Debate Over Tactics In the Modern Left: Radical Opposition or Strategic Inclusive Engagement?
Revisiting a classic debate over the tactics for achieving political/societal change.
Read more...The Rapid Victory of the West Virginia Teacher Strike Shows What Happens When Progressives Join the Fight Against School Privatization
What lessons can we draw from the success of the latest West Virginia teachers’ strike?
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