The Bad News About Nudges: They Might Be Backfiring
Public policy nudges devised by fans of behavioral scientst Richard Thaler might not be all that they are cracked up to be.
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”Who Says Violence Doesn’t Solve Anything?” A Review of Radicalized: Four Tales of Our Present Moment by Cory Doctorow
Radicalized presents uncomfortable truths about the neoliberal vise.
Read more...Dying on the Job: How Workers Get Hurt When Businesses Keep Deadly Secrets
OSHA reversed a rule that would have provided more information about workplace dangers nationally. It decided to stop requiring large employers to electronically report injury and illness data. OSHA still requires employers to document this information, but they don’t have to tell anyone.
Read more...Using Maps as a Weapon to Resist Extractive Industries on Indigenous Territories
MappingBack can support Indigenous perspectives on territories and resources through spatial representations
Read more...How Your Employer Uses Perks Like Wellness Programs, Phones and Free Food to Control Your Life
Just as Henry Ford sought to transform auto workers through a generous though invasive profit-sharing program, today’s employers also use perks to influence our behavior in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
Read more...Empire and Economics: The Long History of Debt Cancellation from Antiquity to Today
Get a cup of coffee. A meaty talk by Michael Hudson, Liz Theoharis, and Aliou Niang on the social and economic logic of debt cancellation back when it was a regular practice.
Read more...Making American Schools Less Great Again
An on-the-ground report from a teacher in Beverton on how the war on schools’ funding is leading teachers to strike.
Read more...The Anti-Sanders Press Influenced the 2016 Primary. Will It Do the Same Again?
Can Sanders supporters counter a hostile media?
Read more...‘The Greed of UnitedHealth Is Killing Americans’: Progressives Hit Back as Insurance CEO Bashes Medicare for All
The health care industry’s first salvo against Medicare for All did not go well.
Read more...How to Win: Lessons from the Zad
Members of the Zad engaged in a nearly decade long, successful commual effort to block the construction of an airport near Nantes. But what happens when you win?
Read more...Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities
How solar array projects enable low-income groups to save money and help the environment.
Read more...Where Are All the Bugs Going and What Can I Do About It?
Insects are the waste management contractors of ecosystems.
Read more...Sacramento Teacher Strike Is a Warning to #RedForEd Movement Everywhere
Sacramento teachers are threatening to strike after the district plans to renege on an agreement it signed in December 2017.
Read more...The Return of la Marine
Today, the divide from which Marine Le Pen profits has reached alarming proportions, most recently with the eruption of the revolt of the gilets jaunes.
Read more...Bill Black: Tom Friedman Just Noticed that the UK “Has Gone Mad”
Bill Black uses Tom Friedman’s recognition just this week that Brexit is a mess as the foundation of a detailed takedown of Friedman’s propaganda, um, views.
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