Retail bank security ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Sunday, July 6, 2025
The Who and Why Behind the Push to Gut Child Labor Laws
“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” — Lewis Hine, 1908
The Presidential Campaign of Convict 9653
Eugene Debs, the socialist who ran for President despite being a convict times two, is again in the spotlight.
The Hidden Costs Of The Renewables Boom
Why renewables are not a free lunch.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/18/2023
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Mining Corporations Are Up in Arms Over Mexican Government’s Potentially Game-Changing Mining Reform Proposals
Mexico’s government already faces the threat of international dispute settlements over its energy reforms and proposed ban of GM corn. It now wants to radically change the rules of the game for its huge mining sector.
A Debt Crisis Looming in the Global South?
Martin Guzman explains the role of power in sovereign debt crises and restructurings.
BELATED 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/17/2023
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Richard Murphy: Do We Trash the Planet or Have Things We Value, Like the NHS? That Is the Question
An examination of the economic law that says as the private sector improves productivity by destroying the planet and creating awful jobs, what’s left of the public sector must do the same.
German Government Is in Disarray at Home and Causing Confusion Abroad
Scholz’s corrupt past resurrected again, coalition sinking, and questions arising over who in German government is actually steering foreign policy.
Tracking the EU Decoupling from Russia
Taking stock of the EU’s economic divorce from Russia.
