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In an early blog post – Inflation targeting spells bad fiscal policy (October 15, 2009) – I outlined prior research that I had done on the issue of inflation targetting (IT). In my 2008 book with Joan Muysken – Full Employment abandoned – we provided further analysis on the issue. We found that there was…

by Christina Jerne* In April 2020, a truck transporting half a million euros in cash was stopped at Italy’s eastern border, testifying that the ’Ndrangheta, one of the world’s largest and richest mafia groups, had made its own Covid-19 emergency liquidity plan. In the midst of tough European negotiations on EU solidarity mechanisms, the German […]

How drugmakers captured the FDA, what Zohran Mamdani’s win means for democracy, and more from The Lever this week.

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

The post Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption appeared first on The Intercept.

An essay by the legal scholar Aziz Huq, who teaches at the University of Chicago — the very university where Fraenkel completed his book — recently appeared in the magazine The Atlantic … That is the insidious aspect of the construction of the dual state: it organises the suppression of dissent, yet leaves the great […]

I am currently on the Amtrak Cascades line between Seattle and Vancouver, returning from the awesome SeaGL 2025 conference at the University of Washington. I decided to cancel the US leg of my flight home because of the airport chaos caused by cancelling 10% of domestic flights. But it got me thinking that reducing air … Continue reading US DOT Aviation Climate Plan →

Trump ended deportation protections for South Sudanese immigrants, prioritized asylum for white South Africans, and threatened to invade Nigeria. It’s all part of the Christian nationalist playbook.

The post How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa  appeared first on The Intercept.

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An obscure election galvanizes national power battles, a worker takes on corporate exploitation, consumers’ favorite energy program survives Trump, and electoral wins reverberate nationwide.

A look at why every Doctor Who companion is metaphorically Carole Ann Ford's granddaughter, Susan Foreman, and how that's impacted the show.

Newly discovered vessels may be key to flushing waste away from our brains

The post The Brain’s Hidden Drain appeared first on Nautilus.

Killer whales divulge more of their private lives with never-before-seen images of a wild birth and gruesome hunts

The post Orcas Giveth and Orcas Taketh Away appeared first on Nautilus.

The stock market bubble inflated by AI hype since late 2022 might finally be popping. If this week’s reversals turn into a sustained downtown, analysts might look back at the actions of tech executives and Trump adminstration figures this week as the straw that finally broke the camel’s back. The warnings have been coming for […]

These extraterrestrial treks make Mount Everest look like an anthill

The post Visit Our Solar System’s Tallest Mountains appeared first on Nautilus.

The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.

The post Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names. appeared first on The Intercept.

Whether or not Congress extends the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits, health care giants are poised to extract new profits from patient pain.

But can this make a dent in Earth’s plastic crisis?

The post Some Bacteria Have Evolved the Ability to Degrade Plastic appeared first on Nautilus.

Scientists might have finally uncovered the origins of bold streaks on the Red Planet’s surface

The post A Martian Mystery May Finally Be Solved appeared first on Nautilus.

The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda.

The post The President Is Perfectly Fine If You Starve appeared first on The Intercept.