RIP Michael Perelman
A belated obituary for the heterodox economist Michael Perelman.
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Epidemic of Despair Could Haunt America Long After COVID
The pandemic may have severe after-effects, with deaths of despair impacting more distressed and newly-vulnerable populations.
Read more...‘Will End Up Hurting Tens of Millions’: Progressives Push Back as Dems Weigh Lower Income Cutoff for Stimulus Checks
“Means testing is a form of austerity. Scaling back on stimulus would be a mistake.”
Read more...How Financial Markets Shape Social Values and Political Views
Whocoulddanode? Investing in financial assets produces a more conservative outlook.
Read more...The Blindness of Using Venture Capital to Fight Human Trafficking
Venture capital relies on market-based solutions to maximize short-term gains. That is no way to address worker exploitation.
Read more...The Sad Death of “Roadside America”
The story of an offbeat tourist attraction (and ginormous model railroad) in Pennsylvania
Read more...How New Solar Power Projects Support the Homeless
Solar power plays a key role in a project that gave permanent housing to the homeless in New Mexico.
Read more...Deaths of Despair and the Incidence of Excess Mortality in 2020
An effort to decompose deaths of despair under Covid.
Read more...Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
“What to do about tech platforms” has fixated on Section 230, when more should be done.
Read more...Oxford Pledged to Donate Covid Vaccine Rights, Then Sold Them, Thanks to Bill Gates
Oxford planned an anti-capitalist solution for a global health problem. Then Bill Gates got involved.
Read more...Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Character Clause May Bar Any Candidate from Election to Baseball Hall of Fame This Year
An expansive interpretation of a character test is excluding baseball’s top performers from induction into the Hall of Fame; should it?
Read more...Why Does Inequality Produce High Crime and Low Trust?
Why bad conduct is more prevalent in societies with high inequality.
Read more...What Can Sanders Do as Budget Chair? – Rob Johnson
Sanders is about to have considerable influence on spending priorities. Where and how does he have leverage?
Read more...“They Left Us Starving”: How the Fashion Industry Abandoned Its Workers
Yves here. Many associate sweatshops in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with “fast fashion,” aka the close-to-disposable frocks made by the likes of H&M. As this article explains, the use of ultra-cheap labor extends much further up the fashion food food chain. And these poorly-paid workers get thrown to the curb when orders fall off. By […]
Read more...Why Martin Luther King Day Should Matter
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s true legacy.
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