My first foray into real Medicare.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Brexit as a Tightly Coupled Process
Stepping back to look at the Brexit trajectory.
The Zero-Sum Economy
Is the problem with the economy the amount of stultifying work, or that too much work is really about more and more aggressive competition for income?
How to Calculate the Costs of #MedicareForAll Properly
A takedown of the Mercatus #MedicareForAll debacle from MMT’s macro-economic bookkeeping perspective.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/20/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Chelsea Clinton, AOC, Uber, dumb phones, temporarily open thread.
Elizabeth Warren’s Proposal for “Co-Determination”: Really a Second New Deal?
Strengths, weaknesses, and context of Elizabeth Warren’s “Accountable Capitalism Act”
CalPERS Election-Rigging: Delays Release of Proof of Incumbent Priya Mathur Approving Illegal Pre-Signed Expense Forms to Thwart Challenger Jason Perez
CalPERS is up to yet more election dirty tricks.
Brexit Is a Consequence of Low Upward Mobility
In the Brexit referendum, UK citizens were pleading through their vote – and non-vote – for a fair shot at the future.
The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism
In the end, it comes down to one thing: who controls the national narrative.
How Turkey’s Crisis Might Fracture NATO
Turkey is already deep in debt, and all the U.S. is offering is a doubling of sanctions and more insults.
