The Microeconomics of Christmas
Economists seem awfully Scrooge-y when they discuss Christmas.
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The Christmas Truce, 1914
A true display of Christmas spirit.
Read more...Christmas Exegesis: A Carpenter’s Son
The Christmas story, color-coded.
Read more...The Decline of African-American and Hispanic Wealth Since the Great Recession
Unlike income inequality, wealth inequality along racial lines in the US has received relatively little attention. This column highlights how cuts to social security will disproportionately affect minorities.
Read more...Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
What can be done to manage the risks of artificial intelligence?
Read more...Debate: The ‘Gilets Jaunes’ Movement Is Not a Facebook Revolution
Clearing up misperceptions about the gilet jaunes and the role of social media in organizing.
Read more...Writers Silenced by Surveillance: Self-Censorship in the Age of Big Data
“We asked Scottish writers how online surveillance has impacted on their work. The answers we got were shocking.”
Read more...Bill Black: Douthat’s Mendacious Meritocracy Myth
Debunking the notion of meritocracy.
Read more...The Reality Is Everything Must Change
Why we need the biggest change program in history and must deploy state-created money to mobilize resources.
Read more...Is the Internet to Blame for the Rise of Authoritarianism?
Three perspectives on whether the internet is damaging democracy.
Read more...American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall: Rise in Suicides, Overdose Deaths the Big Culprit
America’s falling life expectancy is a symptom of rising social distress.
Read more...Overshadowed By Opioids, Meth Is Back And Hospitalizations Surge
An update on the meth epidemic.
Read more...Hedda Martin’s GoFundMe, Spectrum Health, and Putting a Band-Aid on the Cancer of American’s Health Care System
Market dysfunction and class warfare in crowdsourced health care funding
Read more...Why Thanksgiving Is My Favorite Holiday
Thanksgiving is America’s most convivial holiday
Read more...Michael Hudson: “Moral Hazard” vs Mutual Aid – How the Bronze Age Saved Itself from Debt Serfdom
Bronze Age societies forgave agricultural debt to keep cultivators working on their land, able to pay taxes and work in the military and on public projects. Lenders were seen as greedy and exploitative.
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