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Privatizing the Apocalypse: How Nuclear Weapons Companies Commandeer Your Tax Dollars

How the nuclear weapons industry keeps itself out of the public’s eye despite its huge costs and risks.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Politics, Social values on September 23, 2015 by Yves Smith.

The History of Witchhunts and Their Relevance to the Present Day

Primitive accumulation, the peasant wars, and witchhunts as a means of social control.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Privatization, Social policy, Social values on September 20, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Building a Historical Index of Happiness Using Google Books

Is there merit in trying to measure happiness hundreds of years ago versus now?

This entry was posted in Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Social values, The dismal science on September 19, 2015 by Yves Smith.

The Star Trek Fallacy: Romanticizing Imperialism

Was Star Trek wrong in promoting the notion that peaceful exploration is possible?

This entry was posted in Globalization, Media watch, Social policy, Social values on September 18, 2015 by Yves Smith.

CalSTRS, Maryland Fund Private Equity Players Seeking Profits in the Refugee Crisis

Private-equity-backed providers undercut charities in providing refugee services. It’s not hard to imagine how the results are coming in.

Chris Hedges and Leo Panitch: We are All Greeks Now

Leo Panitch and Chris Hedges discuss how nature of imperialism today is financial power.

Campaign 2016 and the 420: Marijuana Policy and the Coming of Big Weed

Is there a coming tipping point for marijuana legalization? What are the implications for public policy? And what do the 2016 candidates think?

This entry was posted in Social policy, Social values on September 12, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Spillovers of Pro-Social Motivation: Evidence From a Randomised Intervention Study on Blood Donors

Evidence suggests that people are more likely to behave in a pro-social way if they are aware of others who behave in such a manner. This column finds evidence for this phenomenon among blood donors. For every unit increase in a donor’s motivation, there is a 44% spillover in motivation to their fellow tenant. There is an overall increase in donation rates due to such a social multiplier of 17.9 percentage points, instead of the 10 percentage points obtained by calling an isolated donor.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science on September 11, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Crane Brinton on Revolution

Some extracts from Crane Brinton’s Anatomy of Revolution, considered.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on September 7, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Doug Smith: Labor Day? Let’s Tell The Truth And Call It “Assets Day”

It’s not for nothing that Ambrose Bierce wrote in The Devil’s Dictionary: “Labor: One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.”

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on September 7, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Don Quijones: Mexican Gourmet Chefs Sharpen Knives in Monsanto GMO War

GMOs have had a hard time in Mexico.

This entry was posted in Environment, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method, Social values on August 28, 2015 by Yves Smith.

Household Labor, Caring Labor, Unpaid Labor

A discussion of the practical and policy implications of failing to measure household labor and production.

The Real Dark Side of Health Care: Health Care Corruption

A top journal excoriated two doctors who engaged in disrespectful behavior, but is vastly less vigilant or heated when faced with health care corruption, as in the sort of conduct that can and often does kill people.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Social values on August 26, 2015 by Yves Smith.