How Capitalism Exploits Our Fear of Old Age
Pondering the challenges of being old now.
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How Private Prisons Affect Sentencing
Since the introduction of private prisons, rates of incarceration have risen strongly . How much are those prisons to blame?
Read more...Mark Blyth’s Incisive Post-Crisis Takedown: “A Brief History of How We Got Here and Why”
Mark Blyth gives a pithy talk on the economic regimes of the modern period and what is likely to be in store.
Read more...Trump Pretends to Like Union Members—But He Really Likes the Fat Cats
An update on what Trump has, or more accurately, has not, done for workers.
Read more...Restoring the Commons
On how revived commons can work in a modern economy.
Read more...Reclaiming the Commons Through State Ownership? Maybe Not
Transnational state capital can be just as harmful as its private counterparts. Local, democratic and sustainable alternatives offer better protection.
Read more...Hit by Epic Construction Downturn, Mexico Faces Reality: New President Tries to Get Folks to Play by the Rules, and Everything Stalls
A sharp fall in construction has helped push Mexico to the verge of recession. The construction industry blames AMLO’s anti-corruption push.
Read more...Robert O. Paxton’s “The Five Stages of Fascism”
Extracts from the work of Robert O. Paxton, with an assessment of the stage our political system has arrived at under the Trump administration.
Read more...Incentivizing an Ethical Economics
History shows that incentivizing the wealthy to contribute to the population’s basic needs makes everyone a winner.
Read more...Agroecology as Innovation
A UN report on agroecology finds that many farming methods pooh-poohed as traditional offer significant advantages over industrial farming.
Read more...The Big Blue Gap in the Green New Deal
Filling in the missing chapter on oceans for the Green New Deal,
Read more...Why Social Mobility Is a Lousy Idea
Recognizing social mobility as yet another “divide and conquer” strategy.
Read more...A Way Out from Rock Bottom: Economic Policies Can Reduce Deaths of Despair
Looking at how specific income-boosting policies reduce deaths.
Read more...Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe
Lack of geographic mobiliity is a major culprit in the rise of nationalism.
Read more...Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.
Andrea Gabor, author of “After the Education Wars,” discusses how California is pushing back on millionaire-driven charter schools. Will the rest of the America follow?
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