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Tracing a Line Between Israeli Pager Attacks and Ukraine Collapse to the Tennessee Munitions Factory Explosion that Killed 16 Workers in an Impoverished Region of the U.S.

The so-called ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ goes up in smoke.

Trump’s Deportations Are Causing Farm Labor Issues. He Hasn’t Presented a Viable, Long-Term Solution.

Trump has cast the H-2A program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown, which could cause production problems.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Commodities, Social policy, Social values on November 3, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.

A court ruling will force the Administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits. But the money will run out in weeks. What then?

Coffee Break: Political Grownups, Bending Time, CDC at Sea, Snakebites, and AI Again

Part the First: Where Have All the Grownups Gone? Corey Robin is always worth reading (the first edition of The Reactionary Mind is much better than the second), and lately he has been more active publicly, here asking about the grownups: For a long time now, I’ve thought that you’re never really a grownup until […]

This entry was posted in Coffee Break, Environment, Social policy, Social values, Species loss on October 31, 2025 by KLG.

Big Employers Using AI to Decimate White Collar Jobs; What Happens When Real Incomes, Employment, and Social Compacts Erode?

Big companies are cutting white collar jobs, because AI, and warn more is to come. What does this mean for the economy and social stability?

Nationalism – Good or Bad?

Richard Murphy argues that it’s long past time to stop equating all nationalism with Nazism and instead embrace a form of nationalism based on the politics of care.

How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System

Upon reading this collection of essays (the title of this post) from Wolfgang Streeck and then contemplating our current world, The Second Coming of William Butler Yeats comes to mind: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon […]

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science on October 29, 2025 by KLG.

Tenants Find Strength in Numbers in Fight Against Financialization of Housing

Tenant unions are forming across the country to battle rent hikes, poor living conditions, and the eviction-to-prison pipeline.

This entry was posted in Free markets and their discontents, Private equity, Real estate, Social policy, Social values on October 27, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy

Rethinking economics through Taoism: Money is the Tao, capital & labor are Yin/Yang, and the Invisible Hand is Wu-Wei (non-interference)

This entry was posted in China, Currencies, Macroeconomic policy, Social values on October 27, 2025 by Curro Jimenez.

Economic Questions: The E F Schumacher Question

E F Schumacher of Small Is Beautiful, appeared influential in his heyday, yet his precepts seem not to have gotten a durable following. Why?

This entry was posted in Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science on October 25, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: Casey Means MD and MAHA, Health Insurance, Coffee Scat, and Big Brother at the Home of the Free Speech Movement

Part the First: Casey Means MD Is Still Awaiting Her Closeup. We discussed the Surgeon General in waiting some time ago in a review of her book, Good Energy. Her confirmation hearing in the US Senate is apparently still in the works. Dr. David Gorski has an update at SBM, Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey […]

Exposing the Hidden US History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown

Political slugfests and current controversies show how flattering tales from US history undermine the pursuit of its citizens’ interests.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values on October 24, 2025 by Yves Smith.

A New Car vs. Health Insurance? Average Family Job-Based Coverage Hits $27K

KFF data shows that 2025 marked the first time in two decades that the annual cost of covering a family of four rose by 6% or more for three consecutive years.

This entry was posted in Health care, Market inefficiencies, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on October 23, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.