James Galbraith: Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don’t Have One
Industrial policy, despite recent lip service, is out of favor because doing ambitious things isn’t lucrative enough for the right people.
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US Strategy for Great Power Competition: More Graft and Hope for Wonder Weapons
Venture capital and private equity are playing a larger role in the military-industrial complex leading to even more corruption, lack of accountability and the swallowing up of young minds by the Silicon Valley money pit.
Read more...Challenging the Duopoly: Jill Stein on Why She’s Running for US President as Green Party Candidate
Jill Stein explains why she is running for US president on an anti-war, pro-worker platform, challenging the Democrat/Republican duopoly.
Read more...US Firms Have Little Financial Incentive to Comply with the Minimum Wage
More on “American hates the poors”: companies face hardly any downside in cheating on disgracefully low minimum wages.
Read more...Citizenship: Concept and Consequences
On different notions of citizenship and their implications.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: The Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Origins of Modern Israel
Some observations about why modern Israel backs genocide, and why the US and Europe supported its creation.
Read more...Can a New German Party Steer the European Left in a More Effective Direction?
Sahra Wagenknecht shook up the German political establishment with the January launch of her new left-populist political party. She’s now looking to do the same in the European Parliament.
Read more...A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender
The AI targeting system, Lavender, tries to provide a tech gloss of legitimacy to hit lists, here one designed to kill bystanders.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Truth about the Destruction of the Palestinians
What Michael Hudson learned about Palestinians from the Mossad 50 years ago: “The aim all along has been to kill them.”
Read more...Criminalizing the Unhoused Is Inherently Cruel
Fining, arresting, and jailing people for a lack of housing is never the solution—and compounds existing housing inequities.
Read more...Young People Finally Starting to Recognize the Super Rich and Not Oldsters Are the Problem
As the rich become both richer and better bunkered, the young are finally realizing that wealth disparity is a big part of what ails them.
Read more...5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.
Read more...A Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden Rerun
How helpful is class analysis in assessing support for Trump and Biden?
Read more...US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions
Two snapshots of the impact of hollowed out office buildings on American cities and how they are trying to cope.
Read more...Nate Silver: Sotomayor Should Retire Before the Election
Why Sotomayor should, erm, take one for the team!
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