What Would a State-Owned Amazon Look Like? Ask Argentina
Amazon hasn’t done well in Latin America. Now Argentina will challenge private platforms to benefit workers, consumers and sellers.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2020
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Why 2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’
In 2020, both parties ignored rising precarity, which is why the country remains a house divided against itself.
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~ Covid charts ~ Democrats in disarray, CIA Democrats ~ Biden’s defense team is defense contractors ~ Ron Klain ~ The “Latinx” vote ~ Alabama’s Tuberville, Kentucky’s Rogers ~ Horrid Apple OS rollout ~ Is America in decline? ~ Gratitude
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Who Is Michèle Flournoy, Biden’s Rumored Pick for Pentagon Chief?
Rumor, as in press reports, has it that Biden plans to install uber hawk Michèle Flournoy as Secretary of Defense.
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Replacing Rentier Capitalism Is One of the Defining Challenges of Our Age
Housing itself is just the most egregious tip of a very large iceberg. Everywhere you look, COVID-19 is widening the gulf between those who own assets and those who owe debts.
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Read more...Gig Worker Employment Fights Like Those in California Pit Flexibility Against a Livable Wage – But ‘Platform Cooperatives’ Could Ensure Workers Get Both
A proposal to improve gig worker bargaining power and solidarity.
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COVID-19: Examining Theories for Africa’s Low Death Rates
Countries throughout Africa, like India, are recording lower rates of COVID-19 deaths. The authors examine reasons for this phenomenon.
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