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Robert Reich: Why the White Working Class Abandoned the Democratic Party

The history of the political calculus that led the Democratic Party to turn its back on its traditional base, the working class, and how that’s coming back to bite now.

Lost in Assumptions: Assessing the Economic Impact of Migrants

Yves here. This post is more important than it seems for several reasons. First, it reveals one of the dirty secrets of modeling: if you tweak assumptions within plausible ranges, you can come up with wildly different outcomes. Second, it identifies what some of these assumptions are in the now-hot-topic of whether letting more migrants […]

This entry was posted in Dubious statistics, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Social policy on January 20, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Why Letting the Koch Brothers Create a “Center for Free Enterprise” at Public University WCU is a Bad Idea

The hidden strings in a Koch Brothers gift to Western Carolina University, and why its faculty is opposed.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Corporate governance, Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values on January 18, 2016 by Yves Smith.

What’s Your Threat Score?

Pre-crime has arrived.

Neoliberal Capitalism, Its Crisis, and What Comes Next

The fundamental contradictions of neoliberal capitalism are pushing it to the breaking point.

2015: A Failing Fiscal Policy

Although the case study is the UK, this post is yet another example of how counterproductive austerity is, from both an economic and a social perspective.

Koch Brothers’ Culture Grab: Latest Donation, to Western Carolina University, for “Center of Study of Free Enterprise” Despite Faculty Vote “No”

How the Koch Brothers are using educational purchases, um, donations, to make cultural norms even more business-friendly.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on January 12, 2016 by Yves Smith.

The Anglo-Saxon Hide, Adam Smith, Karl Marx and the 35 Hour Work Week

How the Doomsday book,and the unit of assessment called the “hide,” suggest that medieval laborers had very civilized work weeks.

This entry was posted in Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Social policy, The dismal science on January 8, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Are Charter Schools the New Subprime Mortgages?

How fraud and mistreatment of students are embedded in the charter school system.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values on January 6, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Michael Olenick: The Lesson of Newtown – Time to Charge for the True Cost of Gun Ownership

Yves here. The headline of an article at NBC says it all: Small-Bore? President Obama’s Actions on Guns Make Marginal Changes. Michael Olenick proposed a more effective approach…of a type that curiously has been absent from proposals on how to curb gun ownership. This post first ran on December 17, 2012 By Michael Olenick, a […]

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on January 6, 2016 by Yves Smith.

The Obama Report Card: The Good, the Bad and the Incomplete

Why are so many people in the soi-disant left who are not career progressives, meaning not part of the Vichy Left, so cautious about calling out Obama’s failures?

Job Guarantee Versus Basic Income Guarantee

A lively and well-informed debate on the merits of a job guarantee versus a basic income guarantee.

5 of the Worst Examples of Biased and Distorted Media Coverage of Education in 2015

It’s not hard to see that the effort to loot, um, privatize education has an attack on teachers as a big part of its strategy…which undermines support for education.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Privatization, Social policy, Social values on December 31, 2015 by Yves Smith.