Gaius Publius: It’s Not About Gorsuch, It’s About the Democrats
The Gorsuch vote will show if there is any shred of hope that the Democrats intend to woo disaffected voters.
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Italian Banks: Not Quiet on the Eastern Front
Never before have I seen the condition of a bank’s finances (in this case liquidity) described as “hemorrhagic”. Italians beware!
Read more...Moving Beyond Liberal Narratives for What Motivates Trump Voters
Concrete material benefits, inequity aversion, volatility voters
Read more...How Do We Reclaim Control Of Our Lives When the Economy Looms So Grim?
Lean Logic, community, and a post-growth world.
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Medical Coding, Symbol Manipulation, and Symbol Manipulators
“Strategic coding” as a consequence of the health care system.
Read more...The Paradoxes of Fiscal Austerity in Brazil
Brazil as a test case of austerity per neoliberal theory v. outcomes.
Read more...Why Has Italy’s Banking Crisis Gone Off the Radar?
An update on Italy’s festering bank crisis.
Read more...MIchael Hudson: The Democracy Collaborative
Michael Hudson gives new riffs on his regular themes: classical economics and its perversion by Hayek, rentier capitalism, debt jubilees.
Read more...Trump Can’t Save Coal
Why Trump isn’t bringing coal jobs back.
Read more...CalPERS, CalSTRS, Other Investors Have Indemnified Private Equity Criminal Conduct Even Though Fiduciary Counsels Say No
CalPERS board member JJ Jelincic confirms yet another major lapse by private equity investors.
Read more...Bill Black: Kansas Legislature Slips Koch Noose, Authorizes Medicaid Expansion
The Kansas legislature bucks long-standing Republican orthodoxy and votes for Medicaid expansion. A harbinger or a one-off?
Read more...How Monopolies Stymie Political Activism: The Case of Black-Owned Businesses
Black businessmen and political thinkers long recognized that monopolies threatened their communities and their ability to serve as activists,
Read more...Gaius Publius: Senate Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch…Maybe
Why are Democrats considering a Gorsuch deal? Maybe they can’t execute a filibuster due to too many Senators with big corporate backers.
Read more...Bill Black: Why Did Preet Bharara Refuse to Drain the Wall Street Swamp?
If you still doubt that Bharara and other federal prosecutors could have gone after bank executives but chose not to, this should settle it.
Read more...Frank Rich, the Trump Voter, and Liberal Eliminationist Rhetoric
Frank Rich’s vile screed on hillbillies.
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