The Sanders Plan to Legalize Marijuana Does More Than Legalize Marijuana
Discussion of comprehensive Sanders plan to legalize marijuana: legal and political implications.
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Global Protests Round-Up: Authoritarian Adaptation, Data Gathering, and the Role of Class
A review of the literature on global protests (as in Chile, France, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, and Spain/Catalonia).
Read more...Chile in Flames: The Neoliberal Model in Crisis Throughout the Region
An overview of the protests in Chile.
Read more...Four Companies Settle Just Before Bellwether Opioids Trial Was to Begin Today in Ohio
Last minute settlement halts first federal opioids trial, due to begin today in Ohio; this would have been the opening courtroom clash in the complex MDL.
Read more...UAW and GM Reach a Deal, But Will Autoworkers Support It?
Two former autoworkers leaders examine how the militancy of rank and file union membership carried the current GM strike, how it could transform unions, and how this speaks to the larger struggle with capitalism.
Read more...Marshall Auerback: Will the GOP Become the Party of Blue-Collar Conservatism?
Is the GOP willing to embrace a historical political realignment to become an ally of laborers, or at least manufacturing workers?
Read more...PG&E Blackout Round-Up, Mini-Grids, and Thoughts on The Jackpot
PG&E’s bankruptcy woes, possibilities for a more resilient grid, and “androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad sh*t” (The Jackpot).
Read more...Announcing the First Winner of the Archie McCardell Award for Truly Horrendous Management: WeWork
Introducing serial leading company wrecker Archie McCardell, and noteworthy successors to him, with WeWork as a first object lesson.
Read more...The Census Fails to Count 100 Million People as Living in Poverty
IPS Fellow Karen Dolan, who works with the Poor People’s Campaign, discusses her new study on poverty in the US.
Read more...The California Workers’ Rights Bill Is a Start, but We Need a More Radical Approach to the ‘Gig Economy’
Stronger rights for Uber and Amazon workers are essential. But we must also address the economic context that makes insecure work a reality.
Read more...Bad Debts Make Good Profits – But What Are the Social Costs?
As European borrowers choke on debts they can’t repay, due to a significant degree to austerity-induced weak economies, financial profiteers swoop in to take advantage of the distress.
Read more...The Implementation Flaw in Warren’s Wealth Tax
There are better ways to skin fat cats than Warren’s wealth tax.
Read more...Secular Stagnation: The Limits of Conventional Wisdom
The debate over secular stagnation continues, yet orthodox economists are loath to admit that the needed fix is more demand, which means more government spending.
Read more...We Can’t Rely on Corporations to Reform Themselves – We Must Challenge Their Power
Corporations cross their hearts and swear that they’ll care about more than executive and director pay and stock prices.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Asset-Price Inflation and Rent Seeking
A meaty new paper by Michael Hudson.
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