Matt Taibbi’s must-read new book Hate Inc. describes how the media stokes fake conflicts to prevent consideration of real issues.
Read more...Public support for co-operation, collective ownership and mutual care have persisted, despite the popularity of some of the neoliberal agenda. What policies could the left pursue to build from where we are now?
Read more...NCAA bows to the seeming inevitable and votes to allow college athletes to profit from endorsements: or does it? Details to follow…
Read more...The finale in a short history of the Roman Republic.
Read more...A review of the literature on global protests (as in Chile, France, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, and Spain/Catalonia).
Read more...Ideas for taking on consumerism.
Read more...The crisis of the Roman Republic.
Read more...Turning to a classic policy debate: equality versus equity.
Read more...An overview of the protests in Chile.
Read more...How the Roman Republic repeatedly rejected economic reforms and fell more and more to bloody insurrections by ambitious consuls and Senators.
Read more...Back to the future means not just considering the ability to repair but more actively purchases of new goods just for the thrill of acquisition.
Read more...Is language, or more specifically, notions strongly represented in major modern languages, a big culprit in our inability to contend with self-induced existential threats?
Read more...How the Bidens’ Ukraine scandal has been a big gift to Trump, but the biggest was Eric Holder’s refusal to prosecute bank executives.
Read more...Gandhi had a well-developed view on corporate goverance and influenced business leaders.
Read more...A new, “brutally researched” book on whistleblowers describes their importance and the price they often pay.
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