But I want to talk about the western “experts” in Washington and London who cozied up to @ShamiWitness — especially since all of them are still around, many of them bigger and more influential in our political discourse than ever.
Read more...A very readable — or listenable — introduction to MMT, in plain language
Read more...Is Trump serious about lowering drug prices in the US? And even if he is, how far might his plans get?
Read more...Why the European Copyright Directive would have a disastrous impact on the Internet, and what can be done to stop it.
Read more...The US and China are even more visibly at odds than usual.
Read more...A useful backgrounder on nuclear arms control and why the system is coming unglued.
Read more...Italy and the European Commission are in a dispute over Italy’s budget, and no one looks likely to come out a winner in this fight.
Read more...Amid hysterical comparisons between Senator Bernie Sanders and Mao Zedong, the Council of Economic Advisers unwittingly makes a solid case for socialist policies.
Read more...Remain boosters need to focus efforts on Tory and Labour MPs with marginal seats, but they’re too distracted by painting apocalyptic pictures.
Read more...Connecting across differences may be the only thing that will save Americans from rule by the privileged few.
Read more...Markets have more reason than usual to be jumpy.
Read more...Latest updates on the right to repair, discussing crucial skirmishes in the ongoing war on waste. The Economist recognizes the important issue, and US DHS supports Apple’s spurious, anti-repair claims.
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Read more...Although recycling is far from a viable solution to the world’s plastic problem, even these inadequate efforts are lacking, as press accounts from last week of corruption in the UK recycling industry, and Japan’s lag in implementing even the limited plastic reduction measures undertaken elsewhere reveal.
Read more...It’s no secret that globalization created losers, and the Democrats seem determined to ignore them.
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