Why you should not trust Adam Ashton’s “reporting” on CalPERS.
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Why Board Member and Vocal Critic of CalPERS Margaret Brown Needs to Stay The Course
A successful public pension fund reformer explains how determined foes of transparency and accountability play dirty.
Want a More Equal Society? Universal Basic Income Might Not Be the Policy You Are Looking For
Why a Universal Basic Income won’t produce the benefits its boosters claim it will.
The Failure of the CMS “Innovation” Center and the Future of Neoliberalism
Of the 37 programs funded by the CMS Innovation Center over the last decade, only two have been found worth of expansion.
Inheritance Among Childless Elites
This column uses data on the British aristocracy to provide evidence of the two-way link between inheritance and fertility decisions on the extensive margin
Michael Hudson: Bronze Age Redux – What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Debt
Michael Hudson explains why debt cancellation was central to the politics of ancient societies.
The Federal Job Guarantee Is Not Just “Better” Than a Universal Basic Income. It’s the Only Reasonable Option. Universal Basic Income Is Sinister
Why a federal job guarantee is sound policy and a universal basic income isn’t.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2018
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Trade “German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today for the second time, a visit that will represent, among other things, a last-ditch attempt to persuade the U.S. president not to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union next […]
Trump’s Carbon Capture Tax Break: Mechanical and Biological Paths
Looking at the potential benefit of tax subsidies for carbon capture.
Gaius Publius: What To Do About Facebook — First Thoughts
Why Facebook needs to be broken up, and how to do it.
TSB Are Using Their Own Customers to Alpha Test Their New IT Platform
The mess at TSB is even worse that the press would have you believe.
Exclusive: Calls To Police Skyrocketed After Hiring of Philly Starbucks Manager Who Was on Duty During #Starbuckswhileblack Arrests
The Starbucks manager who called for police to arrest two black men in her store had a history of frequent requests for police help.
