Marcy Wheeler: On “Fake News”
If “fake news” is a problem, then it’s a condemnation of the marketplace of ideas largely created by the US.
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“Many Areas of Appalachia and Mississippi Delta Have Lower Life Expectancy Than Bangladesh”
Four Nobel Prize winners agree that rent-seeking is the biggest driver of rising inequality.
Read more...F@ck Work?
Why arguments against work are another manifestation of neoliberalism.
Read more...Sexual Orientation and Earnings: How Being in a Partnership Matters
Sexual orientation does affect earnings, but not necessarily in the way you might have assumed.
Read more...A Moral Challenge to Economists
Economists hide behind specious claims of neutrality and efficiency to advocate policies that often have negative moral and social impact.
Read more...The Real Baltimore – Police Accountability in the Age of Trump
How should Baltimore address police reform if Jeff Sessions is confirmed as AG and if the DoJ tacks toward open hostility on this issue?
Read more...The Invention of the White Working Class
“White working class” is a dog whistle, not a demographic.
Read more...Ilargi: 2017 – Where the Truth Lies
‘Respectable’ news outlets have been feeding their readers ‘fake news’ for years now. 2017 will see changes in the offing, as we downsize.
Read more...Xmas Medley and Open Thread
Christmas musings and open thread.
Read more...Student Loan Crisis Increasingly Snares Seniors’ Social Security Benefits
Rising student loan defaults by older borrowers leads some to see Social Security benefits garnished, pushing some below the poverty line.
Read more...How What We Eat Has Changed
Quelle surprise! Americans eat too much!
Read more...Investment in Early Childhood Education Yields Substantial Gains for the Economy
Yes, Virginia, more education for the lower orders really does pay off.
Read more...GOP Plans to Gut Social Security
Social Security is on the chopping block. Get the word out.
Read more...Origins of Happiness: Evidence and Policy Implications
The authors call for a new focus for public policy: not ‘wealth creation’ but ‘wellbeing creation’.
Read more...The Obamamometer’s Toxic Legacy: National Security
Obama’s national security legacy: Guantanamo’s still open and this former con law prof asserts– wrongly– that he can’t pardon Snowden now.
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