White-Collar Criminals Got Off Scot-Free After the 2008 Financial Crisis — and That Helped Fuel President Trump’s Rise
Ten years later, Trump’s rise to power is a consequence of poor governance.
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Will Saudi Arabia’s Geopolitical Strategy Backfire?
Yves here. Perhaps because the author assumes readers are already familiar with this part of the Saudi story, the kingdom is facing serious budgetary pressures even with oil now over $70 a barrel. Stability has been achieved only by generous payments to the populace at large. Take that away and the legitimacy of the government […]
Read more...Why I Am Not Wildly Enthusiastic about Sanders’ Plan to Tax Amazon
Defects in Sanders’ “plan to have a plan” to tax Amazon, and how to cure them.
Read more...The Long Legacy of Frederick Douglass
A new book seeks to simultaneously situate Douglass among his contemporaries and the political challenges of today.
Read more...Fracking, the Water Cycle, and Sacrifice Zones
Groundwater contamination with endocrine distruptors from fracking, and its uneven distribution
Read more...Brexit: EU Takes Hard-Nosed Stance on Financial Services “Equivalence” Deals
Is the EU playing iron fist in velvet glove on the UK’s Brexit pitch for a financial services equivalence deal?
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Greece Was Never Bailed Out and Remains in Debtor’s Prison – Bild Zeitung Interview
Yanis Varoufakis revisits the Greece 2015 debt negotiations and describes how Greece still wears the austerity yoke.
Read more...Gaius Publius: What to Expect from a Kavanaugh Court – Government-Funded “Religious” Education
Why Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court would be very bad news.
Read more...Brexit as a Tightly Coupled Process
Stepping back to look at the Brexit trajectory.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s Proposal for “Co-Determination”: Really a Second New Deal?
Strengths, weaknesses, and context of Elizabeth Warren’s “Accountable Capitalism Act”
Read more...CalPERS Election-Rigging: Delays Release of Proof of Incumbent Priya Mathur Approving Illegal Pre-Signed Expense Forms to Thwart Challenger Jason Perez
CalPERS is up to yet more election dirty tricks.
Read more...Brexit Is a Consequence of Low Upward Mobility
In the Brexit referendum, UK citizens were pleading through their vote – and non-vote – for a fair shot at the future.
Read more...The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism
In the end, it comes down to one thing: who controls the national narrative.
Read more...A Rough Guide to the 12 Intelligence Officials Who Condemned Trump for Revoking John Brennan’s Security Clearance
Chutzpah!
Read more...What Should the EU Do About the Turkish Currency Crisis?
The Turkish lira has been under significant pressure in recent weeks. What is the EU’s exposure to possible crisis in Turkey and how should the EU react?
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