Part the First. How Did the United States Get This Healthcare System? I distinctly remember the first time this question occurred to me, because as the child of a union household a visit to the doctor or the Emergency Room (trees were made to fall out of) was never a problem. I was twenty years […]
Read more...In Capitalism and Its Critics, John Cassidy presents historical foes of monopoly, inequality, environmental peril, and authoritarianism
Read more...An overview of the economic impact of Trump’s second term flurry from some Serious Economists. They don’t find much to like.
Read more...I recently added a new volume to my Shelf of Little Books, some of which are not so little but all of which repay re-reading that helps me understand our world a little better with each successive encounter. The newest resident of the shelf was published earlier this year by Princeton University Press: Following Nature’s […]
Read more...The long path that has led Europe to see big defense spending will be a lifeline, hence the need to stoke war fever.
Read more...It can’t be said too often: what most economists call growth is too often what we here call groaf.
Read more...Estimating the costs of the Trump trade war to Americans and foreign players.
Read more...In Treasury markets, there are no libertarians, only grateful recipients of single-payer insurance for ailing financiers.
Read more...Part the First. Old Experimental Models in Biology Lead to New Knowledge. Developmental Biology began as Embryology. A few of us still kicking remember the transition and miss the holistic approach required to master the material. Early embryological models included sea urchins and salamanders, tadpoles and the chicken. Much useful research was done with these […]
Read more...David Brooks and Noah Smith defend neoliberal globalization by trying to ‘splain decades of worker wage stagnation.
Read more...Why pseudo-wealth like crypto is detrimental to social welfare, as in the collective good.
Read more...On the long-standing religious and ethical proscriptions against usury, and how and why the Catholic Church rebranded it as interest.
Read more...The likely outcome of Trump policies are a recession, a rise in inequality, and a further fall in living standards of working and middle-class Americans
Read more...Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.
Read more...Why the Trump-induced economic and financial train wrecks will be more severe than most pundits seem to anticipate.
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