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Is Price Fixing Protected by the First Amendment?

RealPage continues ugly post-Citizens United trend, and provides more evidence that the Democrat Abundance enthusiasts are full of hot air.

The Straw Man City and the Architecture of Selective Small Government

Trump’s urban takeovers reveal a governing pattern that blends the language of small government with a readiness to deploy maximum state force when it serves political ends.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Politics, Social policy, Social values on August 17, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Peak Neoliberalism: Wall Street Journal Pearl-Clutches Over Lack of Mobility Due to High Housing Costs, Insufficient Pay

The Journal laments how mobility has fallien while averting its eyes from how neoliberalsm and rentierism are the drivers.

Exactly What Is in the Ivy League Deals with the Trump Administration – and How They Compare

Details on some of the Trump agreements with top universities, such as the gap between the antisemitism bludgeon and what Trump got.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values on August 15, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Sanders Bill Would Fight Trump Effort to ‘Dismantle Social Security’

A Sanders effort to preserve Social Security shows some of the Trump vectors of attack.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on August 14, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Thomas Neuburger: Our Lawless Elites

Tracing the increased concentration of power in our elites, and how Trump is in the process of consolidating it in his person.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on August 14, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Plunge in Conscientiousness Among Young, a Critical Quality for Personal and Societal Success

Technology is precipitating shifts in character, particularly a drop in conscientiousness, to our individual and collective disadvantage.

This entry was posted in Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation on August 11, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People

The future younger people inherit is being decided less by the constraints of economics than by the limits of political imagination.

This entry was posted in Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK on August 11, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

When One of the World’s Most Powerful Nations Is Run By Spoiled Children

The US cannot achieve its goals in the world by traditional economic or military means, so it increasingly prefers chaos and destruction. How do the other powers stop it?

Food Rescue Grows in Response to Federal Funding Cuts

Food rescue, charities that use excess from wholesalers, provide free groceries to those in need as Federal programs cut support.

Michael Hudson: From Babylon to Wall Street – How Bankers Make You Poor

A wide-ranging historical discussion with Michael Hudson, tracing the destructive rise the power of lenders from ancient times to today.

Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare? This Expert Thinks So

Trump has sent a wrecking ball through US healthcare. Can states team up to preserve some measure of the old normal?

Funding the Fundamentals of Biomedical Science: The National Institutes of Health in 2025 and Beyond

In the United States, the aim of the Current Administration is to support something called “gold-standard science.” Their clear implication is that American scientists have been publishing something less than the gold standard – perhaps silver or bronze, or maybe even brass, when gold is the standard of the day (here and here). We have […]

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Technology and innovation on July 30, 2025 by KLG.