In the last five years we’ve published 30 articles on NGOs and social change. What do they reveal?
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Friday, July 4, 2025
Is There a Role For NGOs in the Transformation of Society?
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:55 am | 9 Comments »
Links 5/25/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 122 Comments »
If the Federal Government Won’t Fund the States’ Emergency Needs, There Is Another Solution
Some ways aroung the Federal government’s present refusal to do much for state and localities.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 65 Comments »
Call Any Vegetable
Memorial Day musings on plants and vegetables (and fruits).
Topics: Guest Post, Permaculture
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:25 pm | 39 Comments »
Links 5/24/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 189 Comments »
The War Nerd: How Many Dead Yemeni Nobodies Does It Take to Equal 1 Wapo Contributor?
It’s not easy to get a real-life scientific-type test of the relative weight of a WaPo writer’s death and the deaths of “enemy” civilians. Well, we’ve got such a test now. I just found it at the BBC News site.
Topics: Middle East, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 56 Comments »
Links 5/23/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 237 Comments »
Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 71 Comments »
Craig Murray Documents Abuse of Process, aka Kangaroo Court, via Butchered Indictment
The UK court is play so dirty with Craig Murray that it might make our FISA court look good.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:45 am | 43 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/22/2020
COVID charts linear, not log ~ Testing data horridly comminingled ~ Biden tearful ~ Biden cranky ~ Sanders mutes supporters ~ Trump counties and COVID ~ COVID and gyms ~ HQ not under the lamp-post ~ Air cargo drop ~ Rail drop ~ Dr. Doom expects food riots ~ The Cannonball Run ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 139 Comments »
Food Security: Prince Charles Calls for Furloughed Workers to Pick Berries; My Thoughts as a Former Tomato Picker
Some thoughts from a former tomato picker – moi – on the call from Prince Charles for furloughed workers to help with the food harvest in Britain.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Income disparity, Pandemic, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 85 Comments »
Links 5/22/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
Bernie Sanders Says It Is ‘Nauseating’ to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as ‘Heroes’ While Refusing to Pay Them More
Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:25 am | 57 Comments »
Wolf Richter: Week 9 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market: Still Getting Worse at a Gut-Wrenching Pace
Thursday’s unemployment numbers show that the U.S. unemployment numbers have not yet bottomed out – and that instead, the problem is worsening at a gut-wrenching pace.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Pandemic, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:55 am | 17 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/21/2020
Biden tinkers with campaign leadership ~ Cuomocest ~ Warren, just sad ~ Pelosi, just sad ~ Liberal Democrats and means-testing ~ “The Patchwork Pandemic” ~ Employment, leading indicators, manufacturing, housing ~ Animals return! ~ Michigan flood ~ Private equity ruins health care ~ An obituary to reckon with
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 107 Comments »