Understanding Household Financial Distress: The Role of Noncognitive Abilities
A critical thinking exercise on a study that claims that psychological traits are linked to financial distress.
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War, Morality, and How to Get There From Here
More discussion of how the left can become a political force and how best to pursue anti-war objectives.
Read more...How Norway Shows the Limits of “Civilized Capitalism” and Social Organization
Debunking some well-meaning thinking on the “global village” and socially responsible investing.
Read more...The Fall of the Latin American Left, Part III: Argentina and the Right Winning Elections
How the Kirchner program in Argentina ran into the buzz saw of currency markets.
Read more...They Go Together: Freedom, Prosperity, and Big Government
Conventional wisdom about big government being a negative “freedom” isn’t borne out data.
Read more...Casting Away Despair
Some advice for activists on how to stay motivated in the face of despair.
Read more...In Praise of Melancholia
Melancholia gets a bad rap in America, and for not very good reasons.
Read more...California and Trump’s Feds Headed to Major Clash on Immigration
Who has the advantage in the Trump versus California immigration cage match?
Read more...John Michael Greer, James Howard Kunstler, Chris Martenson, Frank Morris, and Dmitry Orlov Discuss Trump, the Inequality Taboo and Other Hot Topics
A lively panel with provocative and colorful views.
Read more...How Do We Reclaim Control Of Our Lives When the Economy Looms So Grim?
Lean Logic, community, and a post-growth world.
Read more...The American Opioid Epidemic
More discussion of the possible causes and implications of the opioid epidemic.
Read more...Bill Black: Kansas Legislature Slips Koch Noose, Authorizes Medicaid Expansion
The Kansas legislature bucks long-standing Republican orthodoxy and votes for Medicaid expansion. A harbinger or a one-off?
Read more...How Monopolies Stymie Political Activism: The Case of Black-Owned Businesses
Black businessmen and political thinkers long recognized that monopolies threatened their communities and their ability to serve as activists,
Read more...Wanted: A Skulk of Foxes, or the Case-Deaton Health Study and Trump
Latest study shows white working class suffers health declines: can hedgehog Trump assemble a skulk of foxes to craft responsive policies?
Read more...Italy at the Grim Edge of a Global Problem (Updated)
With the average 20-year-old Italian now looking to wait 18 years before living independently, who will support Italy’s pensioners?
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