Good Riddance, Alan Greenspan
Cataloguing some of the less-well recognized ways that Alan Greenspan did tremendous harm to the financial system and citizens at large.
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How Local Communities Are Challenging Big Tech Data Centers’ Noise, Pollution and Rising Electricity Bills
Opposition to data centers and AI is rising, both at the community and the consumer level.
Read more...A New Epstein Island in Albania? Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s Zionist-Mafia-Linked Bunker Resort
A billionaire bunker in a notorious sex trafficking hub backed by Persian Gulf money, Zionists, Epstein pals, US spooks, and the mob. Does something smell fishy?
Read more...Manufacturing Consent for Trump’s Invasion of Cuba
Team Trump’s rhetoric against Cuba gets louder despite the lack of legal justification.
Read more...Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021
Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.
Read more...China’s Real Estate Reckoning: Lessons from Japan’s Lost Decade
China is still suffering a real estate bubble hangover, with a lot of symptoms similar to Japan’s deflation.
Read more...Tall Buildings Lead to More Compact and Productive Cities
On the benefits of urban density and the role of tall buildings in achieving that result.
Read more...Armageddon Now! Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program
A review of the history of and best information about Israel’s nuclear weapons program, including delivery systems and safety risks at Dimona
Read more...How Often Is ICE Acting as a Goon Squad for Landlords?
ICE helps clear apartment complexes and evict tenants while incarceration buildout throws a lifeline to commercial real estate.
Read more...Curtis Yarvin’s Dystopian Plan for “Gaza Inc.” Closer With Proposed Stablecoin
Gaza will be rebuilt as the first fully native-digital, stablecoin-driven surveillance society and a dystopian model for others
Read more...Senate Democrats to Introduce Bill to Limit Private Equity and Big Investor Ownership of Single Family Homes Despite Nearly Zero Impact on Affordabilty
On of Trump affordability ideas, of limits on big investor ownership of single family homes, is moving forward even though it won’t do much.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Destiny of Civilization – Financialization & Collapse
Michael Hudson explains how industrial capitalism was radical in aiming to free economies and markets from rent-seeking and financialization.
Read more...Would Raising Taxes on the Richest New Yorkers Drive Them Away?
What might happen if New York City Mayor Mamdani delivers on increasing income and corporate taxes to the next level?
Read more...Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
Renters in Minnesota who’ve been afraid to go to work due to ICE thuggery and allies in labor plan a historic rent strike
Read more...An Iranian Architecture Appreciation Post
Sanctions have spurred “creative destruction” in Iran where brickwork draws on the past to create shade, natural light, and ventilation.
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