The popular misunderstanding of money John D Alt A general observation that’s easy to make is how our habitual misunderstanding of Modern Fiat Money divides…
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Long term readers will know that I’ve been negative on Britain for a long time. Corbyn was their last chance to turn things around, but Corbyn lacked the necessary ruthlessness to win, and was destroyed by absolutely bullshit allegations of anti-semitism. Starmer became Labour leader after him, on promises of left wing policies which even a child should have disbelieved, and ruthlessly purged Labour of all left wingers.
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A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones
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Emails released to Byline Times reveal the close connections between senior Conservatives and those prioritised for multimillion pound COVID contracts
Casino Capitalism Lars Syll According to Keynes, financial crises are a recurring feature of our economy and are linked to its fundamental financial instability: “It…
Recommended paper: Funding of the energy transition by monetary sovereign countries: Energies Mark Diesendorf and Steven Hail Abstract of paper: If global energy consumption returns…
Today, on May 1, we celebrate – International Workers’ Day – which is a “celebration of labourers and the working classes” and keeps the hope alive that solidarity can prevail and together we can turn the ship around. So raise our glasses! Clink. Clink.
People are closely watching the US data at present to see what the impacts of the recent tariff decisions by the new US President might have. I am no exception. Yesterday (April 30, 2025), the US Bureau of Economic Analysis published the latest US National Accounts figures – Gross Domestic Product, 1st Quarter 2025 (Advance…
Wealth inequality housing cost is hollowing out middle Australia Harry Chemay Australians are among the wealthiest people, yet life has never felt harder for many.…
Comments on the previous article by Harry Chemay Wayne McMillan In the previous article, Harry Chemay has faithfully kept to the findings and conclusions from…
Can Citizen Assemblies save democracy? Peter G. Martin Global wealth inequality is accelerating at alarming rates, driving a political ferment that many consider underlies the…
Milei’s “radical plan”, revisited – part 1 Peter Rock-Lacroix In 2023, Javier Milei pitched dollarization as the path toward prosperity for Argentina. Two years on,…
Peter Dutton’s replacement, err, shadow Treasurer, Angus Taylor, has promised the Nation that he will deliver the Coalition’s costings as soon as he finds the napkin that he wrote them on. ”People need a bit of patience, we will get... Read More ›
The real winner in the battle between two leading theories of consciousness was science itself
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Patents and the Abundance Agenda Dean Baker I haven’t read Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance, but everyone I know seems to be…
Toward sustainable economies Anastasia Pseiridis Creating economies that do not devastate the natural world on which they depend is the economic challenge of the 21st…
Harvard released dueling reports on antisemitism and anti-Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim bias. Guess which one the Times emphasized?
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