Summertime and the Living is Easy: In Praise of Farmers Markets
Not every aspect of modern life has been crapified: in praise of farmers markets, and the pleasure of making good jam.
Read more...Category Archives: Social values
How Capitalism Exploits Our Fear of Old Age
Pondering the challenges of being old now.
Read more...Why I Hate Houses
Houses suck.
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: A Second Look at the College Admissions Scandals
Estimating the scope of corruption in the college admissions process.
Read more...Restoring the Commons
On how revived commons can work in a modern economy.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Coming Savings Writedowns
Michael Hudson’s latest: Debts that can’t be paid, won’t be. When debts can’t be paid and debtors default, what happens to these creditors?
Read more...Robert O. Paxton’s “The Five Stages of Fascism”
Extracts from the work of Robert O. Paxton, with an assessment of the stage our political system has arrived at under the Trump administration.
Read more...Why Social Mobility Is a Lousy Idea
Recognizing social mobility as yet another “divide and conquer” strategy.
Read more...Deutsche Bank Highlights a Society at Risk
Why the erosion of personal standards has become a collective risk.
Read more...Why Busy-Ness Is So Damaging
How our economic and political order fuels busy-ness, harming both individual and community well-being.
Read more...I Think, Therefore I Know: San Francisco Edition
The weird new normal of who gets to say they know better.
Read more...“Convenience” for Whom?
Lambert goes to the convenience store and buys coffee.
Read more...AI, Drones, Empathy, Alienation, and the Gig Economy
Why operating drones for the military and moderating content for Facebook are both really bad gigs.
Read more...Book Review: Stephanie Jones-Rogers’ “They Were Her Property”
This important scholarly work paints a vivid portrait of 19th century America’s most significant and devastating system of economic exchange.
Read more...Miracle Life Support Machine ECMO Makes Heroic Rescues — And Leaves Patients In Limbo
A life support device, ECMO, can create difficult ethical choices for doctors and families.
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