War on Cash: New York City Businesses Must Accept Cash, City Council Decides
New York City Council passes legislation requiring businesses to accept cash to take effect nine months after signing by mayor Bill DiBlasio.
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Precarity: A Political Problem
‘Free market’ advocates claim that the rise of precarity was inevitable, as opposed to the result of political decisions.
Read more...The Lords and Ladies of Discipline: An Interview with Matt Stoller
Matt Stoller explains how economics reinforces established power relations.
Read more...Will Italy’s ‘Sardines’ Be Effective in the Upcoming Regional Election?
Will the populist Sardines shake up the Italian fake left, or will they just be a flash (mob) in the pan?
Read more...Homeless Californians Adapt to Camp Sweeps and ‘The Caltrans Shuffle’
A vignette from a homeless encampment.
Read more...‘Make No Mistake: Harvard Has the Money to Pay Us Livable Wages’
Harvard graduate students are on strike demanding fairer wages, adequate healthcare, and protections from discrimination.
Read more...A Theory or Two of These Grim Times
A theory about why things are a mess.
Read more...FDA Failed to Police Opioids Makers, Thus Fueling Opioids Crisis
Johns Hopkins researchers document failure of FDA opioids regulation; maybe more effective regulation could have averted the opioids crisis.
Read more...Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report
Team Trump keeps soldiering along with its pro-corporate agenda.
Read more...How Amazon Gains Control & Domination
Amazon takes over the last mile and everything else.
Read more...Productivity Does Not Explain Wages
As long as we believe the neoclassical productivity farce, we will know nothing about what causes prices.
Read more...Sanders Report Shows How Millennial Generation Is ‘Being Punished With Crushing Student Debt and Low-Paying Jobs’
Sanders commissioned a GAO report on how high student debt levels and lousy wages translate into poor economic prospects for young people.
Read more...After the Argentina Debacle, the IMF Endorses Weakening Capital Controls in Ecuador
The IMF is backing a tax reform bill in Ecuador that will enable capital flight and further austerity.
Read more...As Rural Americans Struggle for Health Care Access, Insurers May Be Making Things Worse
How health insurers discriminate against rural communities.
Read more...Bill Black: Lawrence O’Donnell Aims at Buttigieg, But Hits New Democrats
A takedown of the New Democrats’ love of austerity.
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