A new study finds that industrial policy pays off, even after factoring in the cost of retaliation. So when will neoliberals wise up?
Monday, November 10, 2025
Putin and Trump in Alaska: Do Men Make History or Does History Make Men?
At the meeting between Putin and Trump, the question of whether a leader is a product of history or its maker reveals much about them, and us.
Asking the Wrong Questions About Antidepressants
A new “reassuring” study about withdrawal from antidepressants shows how blinkered the thinking around this type of medication is.
Has Extreme Poverty Really Plunged Since the 1980s? New Analysis Suggests Not
A new analysis challenges the widely-held view that extreme poverty has fallen sharply, and finds a big reversal due to neoliberal “reforms”
The Core Problem of Economic Inequality: How Much Is Too Much?
Experts accept that economic ineqality is inevitable. But how does one determine acceptable/producitve levels versus destabilitzing ones?
New Senate Report Details How Private Equity ‘Devastates’ Hospital Systems
A new report detials the impact of hospital system looting by private equity, here executed by Leonard Greene at Prospect Medical Holdings.
Coffee Break: Andrew Cuomo Counting on Trump’s Support in New York Race
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is counting on support from President Donald Trump in the New York mayoral election.
Autism Fabulist RFK, Jr. Shuts Down Research Into Possible Environmental Causes Even as He Escalated Broad-Based Attack Against Vaccines.
More on RFK, Jr.’s hypocrisy.
Tucker Slams Predatory Buy Now, Pay Later Loans as the Economist Celebrates This New Debt Slavery Device
A relatively new financial product, buy now pay later loans, is deepening the misery of already over-extended Americans, especially Gen Z
The US Should Look to Putin for Help to Rebuild Trust in American Institutions
American elites looked at post-USSR Russia and said “let’s do that here.” A president serious about MAGA should ask Putin how he dug the county out of that hole.
On Ukrainian Identity: Ukraine as a Buffer Zone
On the long process of Urkaine national identify formation and why, even with that, Ukraine was relatively late to become a state.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Vanishing Foot Soldier
Armored knights vanished when gunpowder weapons made them ineffective, and cavalry vanished when motorized transport and tanks arrived on the battlefield. I believe infantry will likely be the next category of warriors to disappear. History shows that survival, cost-effectiveness, and competitive advantage dictate military force composition—not tradition. The lessons are clear: when a combat role […]
Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Water – Companies Rarely Tell the Public Exactly How Much
Data centers, with AI driving insatiable needs, not only hoover up tons of power but water as well. And water is already a contested resource
