Rob Urie: Americans Are Unleashing Monsters They Have No Idea How to Contain
How Americans, or at least their putative leaders, are pursing policies that are deranged and increasingly authoritarian.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
Why Are Thousands of Kaiser Health Care Workers on Strike? 5 Questions Answered
An overview of the issues in and the magnitude of the strike at the Kaiser health system.
Read more...What Mobile Clinics in Dollar General Parking Lots Say About Health Care in Rural America
Dollar General has launched profit-motivated health clinics on wheels. What could go wrong?
Read more...The Increasing Financialization of Germany
The FIRE sector capitalizes on Germany’s industrial decline as government diverts money from social programs to military.
Read more...Everyone Versus Google: Will Big Tech Be Held Accountable?
Google is in the hot seat, but it’s going to be a “big fight,” warns antitrust expert Mark Glick.
Read more...The State of Antitrust and the FTC’s Case Against Amazon
The FTC suit against Amazon argues the online giant coerced its online merchants. How does that map against antitrust law?
Read more...US Home Insurers Are Leaving Climate Risk Areas. We Need Affordable Housing Now
When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe.
Read more...Forward-Looking Labor Supply Responses to Changes in Pension Wealth
Workers adjust their immediate labour supply in response to the income effects caused by changes to future pensions.
Read more...Artificial Intelligence: Profit Versus Freedom
It isn’t AI displace jobs. That’s the result of capitalists giving priority to profits, versus say product or workplace improvement.
Read more...Will ‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ Fuel the Next U.S. Drug Crisis?
The cheap and highly addictive cocaine-like stimulant Captagon shows signs of following in the opioid fentanyl’s footsteps.
Read more...When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…
Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Read more...House GOP Unveils Budget With Trillions in Cuts to Medicaid, Food Benefits, and More
The new proposal underscores the Republican Party’s “thirst for cruel budget cuts,” said Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle.
Read more...The Rise of Alternative for Germany: Who Are Its Supporters and Examining the Fascism Question
Has a chunk of the German electorate suddenly discovered their inner fascist?
Read more...California Democrats Double Down on Efforts to Involuntarily Commit the Homeless
Sacramento wraps up its legislative session with efforts to disappear the homeless.
Read more...The War in Ukraine Helps Advance the Great EU Neoliberal Project
Movers and shakers cash in while workers are disciplined and the welfare state is cut.
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