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Category Archives: Social policy

Who was Alexander Hamilton? Militarism, High Finance and Checking the Democracy.

Alexander Hamilton, often held up by liberals as the most admirable Founding Father, was not the man you probably thought he was.

This entry was posted in Banking industry, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values on June 26, 2015 by Nathan Tankus.

The Bankruptcy of America’s Elites

Why America’s elites have failed.

The Decline and Fall of American Public Space as Shown in #BlackLivesMatter Tweets

Looking at the backgrounds of #BlackLivesMatter images shows America’s decaying infrastructure.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Infrastructure, Social policy, Social values on June 17, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Rollout Speech: The S.S. Clinton Sails From Roosevelt Island in New York Harbor

A close reading of Clinton’s speech, comparing it to FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech (sadly, to Clinton’s disadvantage).

This entry was posted in Politics, Social policy, Social values on June 14, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

David Leonhardt Links Two-Parent Families to Low Social Mobility, Without Taking Race and Socio-Economic Status Into Account

Leonhardt reinforces the myth that family form causes low social mobility, a disservice to the real debate about what causes family change

This entry was posted in Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class on June 14, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Memo to Readers: If You Want to Beat Big Finance, You Need to Be Able to Take the Fight to Their Terrain

We are now 35 years into a finance-led counterrevolution. If you care about income inequality, student loan debt slavery, foreclosure abuses, and other products of the success of this effort, it behooves you, as Sun Tzu urged, to understand your enemy.

The Shafting, Um, Sharing Economy

The Wall Street Journal, of all places, describes the dark economic underbelly of Uber and other Orwellianly-named “sharing” services.

The Happiness Industry: How Government and Big Businesses Manipulate Your Moods For Profit

How efforts to motivate and instill loyalty among workers and citizens by trying to mass produce happiness have backfired.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on May 24, 2015 by Yves Smith.

“The Art of the Gouge”: NYU as a Model for Predatory Higher Education

A group of 400 NYU faculty members documents how the school fleeces students to pay for gold-plated administrator pay and perks.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Social policy, Social values, Student loans on May 22, 2015 by Yves Smith.

Satyajit Das: The Power of Money

A new series of books on money gives an intriguing historical overview and winds up highlighting money as a implement of power relations.

This entry was posted in Banking industry, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values on May 19, 2015 by Yves Smith.

Senate Democrats Work with Republicans to Throw Medicare Under the Bus as Part of TPP Fast Track Sausage-Making

TAA, a training program for workers displaced by TPP, would be funded by money diverted from Medicare. It doesn’t work, either.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, TPP on May 17, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Bill Black: New Labour Leaders Want to Go Back to Blair’s Policies That Blew Up the UK

How Tony Blair sold deregulation, and why his bad prescription is so hard to kill.

William J. Astore: The American Military Uncontained, Chaos Spread, Casualties Inflicted, Missions Unaccomplished

An important, sobering description of how US military overreach became institutionalized.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Politics, Privatization, Russia, Social policy, Social values on May 15, 2015 by Yves Smith.

Ilargi: Will Austerity Be the Straw that Breaks the EU AND the UK?

Cameron thinks he’s riding a major victory, and he will now be called upon to deliver on his election promises, which just so happen to include a deepening and acceleration of austerity measures.