A Martian Looks at Election Day
A Martian looks at the logic of voting (which a description of election procedures on Mars).
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The Spirit of Liberalism: What is Liberalism? What is the Left?
A ghost ponders what it means to be a liberal.
Read more...CalPERS Plans to Violate California Constitution, Pave Way for Hiring Under-Qualified Candidate, for Critically Important Job of Chief Actuary
CalPERS is up to no good yet again.
Read more...Noam Chomsky: Why It’s a Big Danger to Dismiss the Anger of Trump Voters
Chomsky asks “Why are we failing to organize these people?”
Read more...Gaius Publius: Syria Is Another Pipeline War
We have been at war in Syria over pipelines since 1949. This is just the next mad phase.
Read more...Inequality As Policy: Selective Trade Protectionism Favors Higher Earners
Policy choices have subjected manufacturing workers to global competition while shielding high-wage professionals.
Read more...Private Equity Consultant Hamilton Lane Trots Out New Excuse, “Evil Populists,” for Already-Flagging Private Equity Performance
Funny how it’s OK for defenders of the 0.1% like Hamilton Lane to blame class warfare on their soon-to-be-fallen standing, but not the 99%.
Read more...Nomi Prins: Hillary Clinton Will Continue the Big Bank Protection Racket
Hillary Clinton has apparently never met a well-heeled banker she didn’t like….
Read more...The Danger of Germany’s Current Account Surpluses
Economists are more and more worried about Germany’s rising trade surpluses. Calling Wolfgang Schauble to the white courtesy phone….
Read more...Baby Bonds: A Plan for Black/White Wealth Equality Conservatives Could Love?
Is the Baby Bonds plan to give newborns an account proportionate to their degree of disadvantage inspired or just a misguided gimmick?
Read more...Is the US Headed Towards War in Syria?
A hard look at US belligerence in Syria by Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson.
Read more...“Hilariously Corrupt”: Former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt Attacks Elizabeth Warren for Criticizing SEC Inaction; He Did Just That in 2015
Apparently it’s OK for former chairmen like Arthur Levitt to criticize the SEC, but not senators, and above all not Elizabeth Warren.
Read more...Act on Air Pollution, the Silent Killer
Air pollution is a serious problem in Malaysia and other Asian countries, yet official recognition and responses are sorely lagging.
Read more...How Does Diversity Affect Economic Growth? A Look at Data on Immigration, Tax Rates and Real GDP per Capita
Why Trump’s tax policies and Clinton’s immigration policies are both deficient in terms of their stated objective of promoting growth.
Read more...Dean Baker: Rigged – How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer
Dean Baker explains how market structure, which results from policy choices, legislation, and regulation, serve the rich first and foremost.
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