Why True Democratic Systems Are Incompatible with Class-Based Orders…..Like Capitalism
Continuing the debate on whether democracy is viable in a capitalist regime.
Read more...Category Archives: Social policy
Is It Time to Tax Ultra-Processed Foods Because of the Massive Harm That They Do to Society?
Yes, Virginia, ultra-processed food is a health hazard. But what to do?
Read more...Elections Won’t Fix What Ails the West
e body politic in the West is not at all healthy. Why is there so much denial about that?
Read more...The Etymologies of Capital, Capitalist, and Capitalism: A Brief Sketch
How English added capital, capitalist, and capitalism to its word hoard.
Read more...Solving the Climate Crisis Means Ending Our Addiction to Economic Growth
COP28 may toy with wide-ranging reforms needed to arrest a climate disaster. But arguablly necessary governance structures seem unattainable.
Read more...Wall Street Journal: “Why No One Wants to Pay for the Green Transition”
The green energy transition, which truth be told has not gotten very far, is already hitting a wall.
Read more...PlutoniumKun: Correcting the Considerable Misinformation on the Recent Dublin Riots
A detailed account of the Dublin riot and the related political and social undercurrents in Ireland by our esteemed PlutoniumKun
Read more...Gaza: Did the West Learn Nothing from the Peace Process in Ireland?
UK politicians’ ambivalence over a Gaza ceasefire shows how little they learned from the Troubles
Read more...Michael Hudson: Were the Prophets Anti-Semitic? Debunking Netanyahu’s Distorted Biblical Justifications for Genocide
Michael Hudson explains why Netanyahu’s invocation of Samuel is a rank distortion of Mosaic covenants and the implications of that episode.
Read more...A Smile and a Shiv: Gavin Newsom’s Cruel Policies Help Position Him to Replace Biden
A look at Newsom’s recent record in California – from attacks on the working class to his subservience to wealth – show why he’s so popular among the forces that run the Democratic Party.
Read more...Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care
Older Americans and sometimes their family members are being wrung dry by rising elder care costs and shabby government support.
Read more...Who Will Care for Older Adults? We’ve Plenty of Know-How but Too Few Specialists
The ranks of doctors who specialize in care of the elderly is shrinking. Why?
Read more...UN Special Rapporteur Calls Out Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash as Creating Poverty by Not Paying Living Wages
Major companies like Walmart create poverty via obscenely low pay, most recently confirmed via a UN special rapporteur.
Read more...Did People Die from Covid Because of the Power of Populist Politics?
The role of ideology in bad Covid science and its amplification.
Read more...Are We Having a Moral Panic Over Misinformation?
A sane look at the handwringing over today’s supposedly unique and dangerous misinformation.
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