Mark Blyth on How Liberalism Undermined Democracy and the Failure of the Democratic Party
Mark Blyth gives another astute, sobering reading of US and international politics.
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Women Skeptical of the Women’s March
A critical appraisal of the Women’s March.
Read more...Ilargi: The Media – Fake and False and Just Plain Nonsense
On political and media hypocrisy.
Read more...How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over Education
How universities have come to operate less in interest of the public and more and more as private enterprises.
Read more...Why the “Maximize Shareholder Value” Theory Is Bogus
Why the bogus shareholder value theory of corporate governance needs to die.
Read more...Hidden Distress Among Well-Off Women in America
Why have lifespans flattened among middle and upper middle class women?
Read more...Waste Not, Want Not: Right to Repair Laws on Agenda in Some States
Right to repair laws are back on the agenda in five states. These measures would reduce costs and waste, and promote local repair services.
Read more...Do Corporate Democrats Like Charles Schumer Belong in a Progressive Movement Against Trump?
Trump has wasted no time in implementing campaign pledges. How closely should progressives work with corporate Democrats?
Read more...James F on Hatred in Our Divided Nation: Anger at Flyover Country
Immigration, free trade, and automation have made Flyover Country people redundant but they’re not going away fast enough for urban elites.
Read more...John Helmer: The Western Press Incorrectly Depicts Putin as on the Wrong Side of a Feminist Issue
The Western media goes after Putin on shaky grounds. Evidently, getting him on identity politics sins is more important than real dirt.
Read more...Johnson: Elites Eying the Exits Signals America’s Crisis
The elites think they can hide from the pending collapse of civilization.
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Deaton on Opioids, Trump (and What Does “Rural” Mean?)
The Case-Deaton study and the counties that went for Trump.
Read more...Marcy Wheeler: On “Fake News”
If “fake news” is a problem, then it’s a condemnation of the marketplace of ideas largely created by the US.
Read more...“Many Areas of Appalachia and Mississippi Delta Have Lower Life Expectancy Than Bangladesh”
Four Nobel Prize winners agree that rent-seeking is the biggest driver of rising inequality.
Read more...F@ck Work?
Why arguments against work are another manifestation of neoliberalism.
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