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Michael Hudson Discusses How Religions Opposed Usury, the Catholic Church “Interest” Rebranding, and More on the Evolution of Financial Rentierism

On the long-standing religious and ethical proscriptions against usury, and how and why the Catholic Church rebranded it as interest.

This entry was posted in Credit markets, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science on May 14, 2025 by Yves Smith.

They Looted Companies — Now They’re Looting the Government

Poor and self-serving corporate oversight practices are going bigger and badder as they are taken to government.

Trump Doubles Down on Gaza Cruelty With Threat to Cut UN World Food Programme Funding if the UN Rejects US Scheme (and a BRICS Note)

Another US disgrace in the form of a threat against the World Food Programme to advance a US son-of-floating pier scheme to feed Gazans.

This entry was posted in Income disparity, Middle East, Politics, Social policy on May 12, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Currency Wars, Class Warfare, and the Republican Dilemma Over Medicaid

Faced with a shrinking list of options to trim the budget, Republicans are now eyeing Medicaid – but will that fly among Trump supporters?

Predictive Policing AI Is on the Rise − Making It Accountable to the Public Could Curb Its Harmful Effects

Predictive policing experiments continue, despite poor results to date. Can this approach be made non-abusive?

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Legal, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state on May 7, 2025 by Yves Smith.

At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead

More proof at Social Security of the damage done by letting DOGE run wild.

The EU Zombie Uses Trump as Cover to Further Feed on Citizens

Ursula and company are inching towards using emergency powers for first installment of 900 billion ‘rearmament’ because Trump.

This entry was posted in Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Russia, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK on May 5, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Military Intervention

Humanitarian military intervention sounds like an oxymoron and often winds up being one. Nevertheless, there are rules of engagement.

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values on May 5, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: The Attack on Scientists and Scientific Research Continues, Plus One Great Result on a Vaccine That Prevents Cancer

Part the First. Convergence and Consensus in Science, or and how to interpret scientific results in context. From Holden Thorp, the Editor-in-Chief of Science: Kathleen Hall Jamieson believes that scientists need to talk…about convergent evidence. “Unlike declarations that a consensus exists, a claim that convergent evidence exists honors science’s norms of critique and correction by […]

This entry was posted in Coffee Break, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values on May 2, 2025 by KLG.

Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand

An update on the worsening shortfalls at food banks as the impact of Federal cuts takes hold.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class on May 2, 2025 by Yves Smith.

The Legal Limits of Trump’s Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities Like Philadelphia

Trump is escalating his campaign against sanctuary cities, and potentially even sanctuary churches. How might that play out?

What’s Preventing a United Front Against the Trump Regime?

Trump won’t change, but his foes must, argues Norman Solomon.

This entry was posted in Politics, Social policy, Social values on April 29, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Scholars Under Fire

An in-depth look at pressure campaigns against scholars.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Social policy on April 26, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: The Current State of Science During Trump v.2.0 Plus One Signal Advance

As someone who has spent most of his working life as a scientific worker and later as an academic scientist, graduate supervisor, teacher, grant reviewer, and administrator, the current devastation being visited upon my colleagues and their institutions is sickening. I have never thought my work was more useful or more important than anyone else’s. […]

This entry was posted in Coffee Break, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method, Social policy on April 25, 2025 by KLG.