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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 18, 2022
by Tony Wikrent
Strategic Political Economy
We need the return of the state
[Tax Research UK, via Naked Capitalism 12-14-2022]
Neoliberalism is built on lies. For decades the deceit at its core has been ignored because it appeared to deliver prosperity. It does not any more. That is why everything is unravelling.
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Today's News:
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is damn proud of the fit of his trousers and is making his case via video. Plus, more "behind"-the-scenes looks.
Here’s a quick one for my friends still on Twitter. There is a new policy against promotion of alternative social platforms . If you have not moved to Mastodon yet, do it now. It will be much easier to use tools to make the move now, while many in your Twitter social graph are still … Continue reading Twitter now prohibits links to other social networks
The case for stronger automatic stabilizers.
The Lens
Stephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the staff of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and an economic adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders
Food waste is a leading contributor of greenhouse gases. These Detroit restaurants are finding creative – and tasty – ways to reduce their contribution.
The case for stronger automatic stabilizers.
Epic Bigfoot nipple slide (Thanks to pharmaross)
It is the first time a nation has won the trophy without getting past the group stages
Anxiety added as condition for medical weed in New Mexico (Thanks to GJ, who says "It makes me anxious to run out of weed.")
*They used to “laugh and call him names.” Now they’re all dead
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Doctor Who, Wednesday, The Umbrella Academy, SNL/Cecily Strong, House of the Dragon, Yellowstone & more!
Musk suspending journalists' accounts is petty and vindictive and absolutely disgraceful — and especially so because Musk has styled himself, however absurdly, as a champion of free speech. read now...
Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor & Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday are TARDIS-bound for their first Doctor Who episode, set for the 2023 festive period.
Clearly, the law of diminishing returns is at work in the continued weaponisation of sanctions against Russia. Indian business and industry should pay close attention to Modi’s far-sighted initiative on Friday....India Punchline
Modi ignores West’s sanctions on Russia
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador.
With international borders re-opening at the end of 2021, the biggest labour shortage since World War II and a new government accelerating visa processing, 2022 will prove a unique year for immigration. read now...Economics students today are complaining more and more about the way economics is taught. The lack of fundamental diversity — not just path-dependent elaborations of the mainstream canon — and narrowing of the curriculum, dissatisfy econ students all over the world. The frustrating lack of real-world relevance has led many of them to demand the […]