Why Inequality Predicts Homicide Rates Better Than Any Other Variable
Why increases in inequality lead to increases in the rate of homicide.
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Thomas Frank: Obama Chose Wall Street Over Main Street
The Democratic Party must acknowledge that the 2008 crash created conditions for much more progressive policies – but Obama did not step up.
Read more...The Nina Turner Show: The Role of the Protestor with Erica Garner
Erica Garner died yesterday. Nina Turner conducted this interview with her in October on the role of the protestor. Much wisdom here.
Read more...Erica Garner
Erica Garner has been declared brain dead.
Read more...What Sounds Better To You – Guaranteed Basic Income Or Federal Job Guarantee?
Even though a basic income sounds appealing, a job guarantee will do more to restructure power relations in society.
Read more...Evidence from Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards
Evidence that women face higher obstacles to professional achievement than men.
Read more...Cognitive Economics: How Self-Organization and Collective Intelligence Works
The challenge of understanding self-organizing groups.
Read more...Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers
Ironically, banks in Mexico lead the way.
Read more...Michael Hudson: He Died for Our Debt, Not Our Sins
“Most religious leaders say that Christianity is all about sin, not debt. But actually, the word for sin and debt is the same in almost every language.”
Read more...Gaius Publius: What Would Happen if Sanders Ran for President in 2020?
Speculating on Sanders 2020…
Read more...Indirect Effects of Unfair Employer Behavior on Workplace Performance
Bad bosses hurt performance! Who’d have thunk it?
Read more...The Crisis Ahead: The U.S. Is No Country for Older Men and Women
Yves here. I imagine many readers are acutely aware of the problems outlined in this article, if not beset by them already. By any rational standard, I should move now to a much cheaper country that will have me. I know individuals who live most of the year in third-world and near-third world countries, but […]
Read more...Class and Beyond: Case-Deaton’s “Deaths of Despair,” Embodiment, and Neoliberal Epidemics
Can a theory of epidemiology put a stake in the heart of neoliberalism — and identity politics?
Read more...DNC’s Unity Commission Further Dividing the Party
It should come as no surprise that “unity” in the Democratic Party means purging dissidents.
Read more...Catalonia: Political Prisoners or an Extrajudicial Elite?
A close look at events before and after Catalonia’s referendum to test the validity of the main claims made by the separatists.
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