Thomas Frank: Populism is Not Mob Rule
Liberal elites see mass movements as endangering their ‘educated and wise leadership’. Populism and anti-populism has deep roots in American history.
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Why Does Essential Work Pay So Little… And Cost So Much?
Ruminations on the nature of work and employment.
Read more...Introducing *An Economic Program for American Democracy*
A 1938 economic manifesto makes modern day schemes look inadequate and unimaginative.
Read more...“Cancel Culture,” Race and the Greed of the Billionaire Class
Why cancel culture gets the elites off the inequality hook.
Read more...Private Equity and the Pandemic: Brace for Impact…Investing (Part II)
Private equity profiteering in prisions and education demonstrates why their enthusiasm for socially responsible investing is a con.
Read more...COVID-19 ‘Please Tell Me My Life Is Worth A LITTLE Of Your Discomfort,’ Nurse Pleads
A nurse speaks from one of the Covid-19 mask battlegrounds.
Read more...Grenfell Tower Fire: Third-Year Anniversary (Non-)Progress Report
Some progress on Grenfell Tower: Remediating apartment blocks, ongoing inquiries, regulatory proposals. But not nearly enough. And then there’s the potential IT boondoggle. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy…
Read more...Unsung Heroines: Who Cares for the Carers?
Even before COVID-19, the world was facing a care crisis, a problem that is only worsening.
Read more...There’s a Crisis in U.S. Capitalism
U.S. economic policy now focuses on what is already the worst business cycle downturn since the 1929 crash. As data accumulate, it may well prove to be the worst in global capitalism’s entire history.
Read more...Fliers Beware: Poor Mask Discipline Endemic Even Among Airline, Airport Staff
Airlines and airports are cutting their workers way too much slack in mask wearing. They are a hazard to each other and to passengers.
Read more...The Day Is Dawning On a Four-Day Work Week
The four-day work week could be another wild idea that makes it through the pandemic’s open policy window.
Read more...A Window into the Hearts and Minds of Billionaire Donors
Billionaires explain why they give money away.
Read more...Liz Theoharis: Organizing the Rich or the Poor? Which America Will Be Ours After the Pandemic?
Why the poor will be more successful in gaining material and political ground if they design initiatives and advocate.
Read more...Why Americans Are Tiring of Social Distancing and Hand-Washing – 2 Behavioral Scientists Explain
Most people are not neurotic enough to maintain disiplines like social distancing over long periods of time.
Read more...Riot or Resistance? How Media Frames Unrest in Minneapolis Will Shape Public’s View of Protest
Data on media bias in covering protes
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