Category Archives: Politics

Hoisted from E-Mail: “New York Times Article Promotes Price-Fixing in the Drug Market”

A well-argued reader rant on an article arguing that drug makers need higher prices to preserve their profits.

Gaius Publius: Bernstein – The White House Is Terrified the Clinton Campaign “Is in Freefall”

The Clinton decay path is accelerating.

Andrew Bacevich: The US in the Middle East – “There Is No Strategy”

At best, the US is waging a war of attrition in the Middle East. And we ignore the fact that people in that part of the world hold grudges for centuries.

Tuition-Free or Debt-Free College: Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders Put Band-Aids on the Cancer

A comparison of the Clinton and Sanders campaign platforms on student loans [sic].

Is America Committing Slow-Motion Suicide? A Look at the Decline of CUNY

The decline of CUNY as evidence that the superrich are killing the rest of us through a slow process of attrition

Gaius Publius: “Networks are Colluding” to Declare Clinton the Overall Winner Before California Polls Close

The smell of corruption, Clinton-style.

New IMF Paper Challenges Neoliberal Orthodoxy

A new IMF paper takes on some neoliberal sacred cows.

Wall Street Journal Tallies DoJ and SEC’s Pathetic Record in Tackling Wall Street Crime

The officialdom continues to defend the half-hearted effort by the DoJ and SEC to pursue financial services industry misconduct.

Scenes From Paris Protests (and an Update from Alison)

A sighting from the protests in Paris over proposed anti-labor regulations.

Clinton Chasing Votes With Fracking U-Turn

Clinton’s fracking reversal will alienate the energy industry without appeasing environmentalists, since fracking produces methane and earthquakes.

Philip Mirowski: This is Water, or Is It the Neoliberal Thought Collective?

The history, internal contradictions, and frequent mischaracterization of the nature and operation of neoliberal ideology.

IMF Not Funding July Greece Deal, Still Wants Serious Debt Relief Before Committing New Dough

The IMF has not given up on debt relief for Greece, but due to the upcoming Brexit vote, is holding off on the fight until fall.

Another Day, Another Indication that the Clinton Campaign Remains Dangerously Clueless About What Will Matter Most in the General Election. Ho-hum.

The Clinton campaign keeps harping on identity politics, and ignores some of Trump’s major points of vulnerability. They can’t afford mistakes like that.