Classicalism and Revolution
Musing about classicism and revolution in economics and the arts.
Read more...Category Archives: Social values
Michael Hudson: On Debt Parasites
Michael Hudson’s favorite theme: why debt cancellation was a regular practice in ancient societies and what happens now that we’ve rejected it
Read more...Our Ancestors Worked Less and Had Better Lives. What Are We Doing Wrong?
In an age of both untold prosperity and existential crisis, it’s time to rethink work
Read more...Is the Doom of Humanity Really Inevitable? Maybe Not.
David Graeber and David Wengrow contend early humanity featured experiments in living that have much to teach us.
Read more...Calling Trump ‘Just a Warm-Up Act,’ Professor Warns of Democratic Collapse in US
Why it is a little too pat to blame the right for the sorry state of democratic processes in the US.
Read more...‘Degrowth’ Isn’t Just About the Economy. It’s About Culture.
What would it take for the idea of degrowth as a response to climate change to get traction?
Read more...Filth, Automobiles, and Our Misguided Obsession With Traffic
Ah, the distaste for urban squalor, um, traffic. Why do a lot of people want to turn cities into something else?
Read more...Kellogg Workers OK Contract, Ending 11-Week Strike
The Kellogg agreement still leaves workers vulnerable, says a local union president.
Read more...Alone and Lonely: The Economic Cost of Solitude
This column distinguishes between two forms of solitude – loneliness and living alone – and studies their influence on the economic performance of European regions at the local level.
Read more...The Democrats Go Full Götterdämmerung as Manchin Makes DOA of BBB Official; Omicron Undermines Scapegoating the Unvaxxed
The Democrats may finally be getting their comeuppance.
Read more...How a Group of Starbucks Workers Emerged Victorious in Their Union Fight
How Starbucks, long hostile to unions, lost a fight with workers in Buffalo despite management pulling out all the stops.
Read more...On the Loss of Public Spiritedness in the West and the Impact on Politics
The boundaries between politics and commerce aren’t as clear in Japan and China as in the West, and we may not be better off for that.
Read more...More Cheery Omicron News
The latest Omicron findings.
Read more...Build Back Better Verges on Collapse as Manchin Attempts to Kill Child Tax Credit
How Manchin is putting a lump of coal in Biden’s Christmas stocking.
Read more...Being Rich Does Not Make You More Generous. It Makes You Meaner.
Why relying on the kindness of strangers, particularly rich ones, is not such a hot idea.
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