Michael Hudson: Socrates on Debt and Ibn Khaldun on the Cyclical Rise and Fall of Societies
Socrates described how the use of debt by the elite to strip the lower orders of their property sets up revolutions.
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Sanders Has Leverage But Clinton Will Never Bargain
Clinton can offer nothing meaningful to Sanders and his supporters, and therefore Sanders has no reason to capitulate. Not hard to understand unless you are committed to not understanding that.
Read more...How Financial Crises Produce Political Polarization
Financial crises move the struggles between debtors and creditors into the political sphere.
Read more...Economists are Divided over Brexit
Even those economists that think Brexit is a disastrous idea differ on how severe the downside would be.
Read more...Questioning Immigration is Not Racism
Immigration programs need to be socially, economically and politically sustainable or they will generate resentment.
Read more...The New Education Reform Lie: Why Denver Is a Warning Sign, Not a Model, for Urban School Districts
The charter school movement ‘s claims of better results are marketing hype, as Denver demonstrates.
Read more...The Happiness Industry: How Corporations Want to Manage Your Mind
Rather than suggesting that consuming the right goods will make you happy, companies now want to create it more directly.
Read more...Why a Leave Vote May Not Result in a Brexit
The ruling classes in the UK will be highly motivated to try to get the Brexit genie back in the bottle.
Read more...Adolph Reed: Identity Politics Exposing Class Division in Democrats
Why identity politics mean most people get the short end of the stick.
Read more...Want to Kill Your Economy? Have MBA Programs Churn Out Takers Not Makers.
How MBAs have become negative value added to everyone but themselves.
Read more...Transparency International Reports on Massive Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector – Media Hardly Notices
Health care corruption is pervasive, yet remains a taboo topic.
Read more...Can Philosophy Stop Bankers From Stealing?
How can bankers be persuaded or coerced into behaving better?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Millions Around the World Fleeing from Neoliberal Policy
Hudson tallies the high cost of neoliberal ideology.
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: How Donald Trump Reveals the March of American Authoritarianism
Trump as a symbol of an America morphing into a visibly less democratic fading empire.
Read more...Financial Times Exposes McKinsey’s Secret, Conflict-Ridden In-House Hedge Fund
McKinsey’s heretofore secret in-house investment unit has troubling conflicts of interest.
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