“Is the US on the Path to Becoming a Failed State?”
Yes, the US is in the midst of multifaceted institutional collapse. But to see Trump as the cause as opposed to an accelerant is misguided.
Read more...Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents
“Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
Russia sanctions enthusiasts try to talk over how Ukraine undercut Trump support with Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear deterrence assets
Read more...How Tourism Pushed Barcelona to Breaking Point, and How Social Movements Are Fighting Back
Barcelona features locals turning activists to curb tourism levels that hurt everyday life, particulalry for lower income. residents
Read more...Like China, a Mexico Tariffs Own Goal: US Dependence on Mexico Energy Trade Means “Those Tariffs Never Stood a Chance”?
More evidence of Trump cluelessness in his Mexico and China tariffs bobs and weaves.
Read more...Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting the Soil Instead.
Plastic mulch pollution may linger for centuries
Read more...Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare
Rather than end Obamacare, which would be politically costly, the Trump Administration is working to hollow it out.
Read more...Tariff Turmoil and the Money Markets: Yet Another Rescue Coming
In Treasury markets, there are no libertarians, only grateful recipients of single-payer insurance for ailing financiers.
Read more...Elon Musk’s Government Legacy Was Enacting Project 2025. His Ties Go Back Years
Quelle surprise! Elon Musk was long a Project 2025-type-program enthusiast and became its lead promoter and implementer.
Read more...Musk Might Be Gone, But Watchdogs Warn Trump/DOGE Carnage Will Continue
“Musk’s departure ….does not actually change…. DOGE’s mission to destroy everything that protects the public from….rapacious oligarchs”
Read more...What Is a Constitution?
The current set of ruling principles in the US is under attack. What sort of a new Constitution might emerge?
Read more...James Galbraith: Wage Stagnation and Populism – A Comment on David Brooks and Noah Smith
David Brooks and Noah Smith defend neoliberal globalization by trying to ‘splain decades of worker wage stagnation.
Read more...The Left Needs a New Globalization Vision to Counter the Far-Right Surge
An argument that the way out of neoliberal globalization is by developing a new globalization that is democratic and free from the destructive tendencies of capitalist accumulation.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Secret Deal That Started a Global Economic War
Micheal Hudson explains how Trump’s tariffs are yet another device to force countries to accept poilcies that benefit the US.
Read more...Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’
A new study in Nature looks at one of the baked-in effects from just our current level of temperature increases: mass migration.
Read more...Ideology-Driven, Inflationary Trump Tax and Tariff Policies Losing War With Bond and Currency Markets
ump’s trade, tariffs and tax schemes are already starting to come apart. And he seems to have no Plan B.
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