#MeToo Under the Golden Arches at McDonald’s
#MeToo on Capitol Hill, and #MeToo at McDonald’s
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How to Destroy Neoliberalism: Kill ‘Homo Economicus’
contemporary American business and economic culture has a moral framework: neoliberalism. This framework is dependably orthogonal to the last 50,000 years of moral norms and traditions.
Read more...Rethinking AI Through the Politics of 1968
All the initiatives that want to make AI ethical seem to think it’s about adding something i.e. ethics, instead of about revealing the value-laden-ness at every level of computation, right down to the mathematics.
Read more...Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center Shuts Down Prison Debate Program
Debate, prison debate, and an injustice you may be able to help rectify
Read more...Money, the Shape of Law, MMT, and Aesthetics
How the evolution of Western metaphysics repressed chartalist ideas that are the foundation of MMT.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Will the Democrats Change the Subject?
Will the Democrats get out of their own way?
Read more...Jason Perez’s Ouster of CalPERS Board President Priya Mathur Sends Shockwaves Among Private Equity, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Boosters
Jason Perez’s win over ESG advocate Priya Mathur has ESG fans deeply worried.
Read more...How Inequality Harms Mental Health
Economic justice goes a long way to improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Read more...The Curiously Varied Impact of Recessions on Political Stability: The Role of Trust
A wee example of how lower levels of trust impose real economic costs.
Read more...Measuring Unfair Inequality
Quelle surprise! A new study deems the US to be the leader in unfair inequality.
Read more...Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond
Another facet of the opioid crisis: on-the-job addiction and overdoses.
Read more...Women’s Anticipation of the Employment Effects of Motherhood: Evidence and Implications
Work-minded women do a poor job of estimating how much having children will mess with their careers. Why is that?
Read more...The Long History of Loneliness In the West
How the modern economy breeds loneliness.
Read more...Ending the Secrecy of the Student Debt Crisis
How to combat the mental health toll of struggling with student debt.
Read more...Why Positive Thinking Won’t Get You Out of Poverty
The New York Times condescends to people in poverty.
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