Who Is Actually Profiting Off America’s Wars?
Politicians and corporate execs want to convince us that war creates jobs and economic stimulus for all. In reality, defense spending has become yet another way for wealth to transfer…
A Millionaire CEO Is Getting Ripped Apart For Saying Workers Are Paid Too Much And Massive Layoffs Will Curb Their ‘Arrogance’
Millionaire douche bag who said millennials couldn't afford a house because they ate too much avocado toast says a new even more terrible thing.
What’s your (sur)name? Intergenerational mobility over six centuries
This column challenges this view by comparing tax records for family dynasties (identified by surname) in Florence, Italy in 1427 and 2011. The top earners among the current taxpayers were…
EU and Japan sign trade deal covering a third of the world’s economy
The agreement covers 600 million people and almost a third of the global economy. It's also a major endorsement of a global trading system that is under increasing threat from…
Harvey Weinstein and the Economics of Consent
The blunt power of the gatekeeper is the ability to enforce not just artistic, but also financial, exile. It’s not these bad men. Or that dirty industry. It’s this inhumane…
Hey! it’s the 150 anniversary of the publication of Capital by Karl Marx.
Here are all three volumes (in English) in PDF form.
The Supermanagerial Reich
Anyone who takes seriously the threat of the newly empowered reactionary right, must take seriously the role neoliberalism has played in laying out the red carpet for its arrival.
Why solving ‘hidden’ suburban poverty is trickier than helping cities
Suburbs weren’t created to be inclusive places