by Jawied Nawabi* At least, since the end of WWII the world has advanced significantly in scientific knowledge, technology, and the institutionalization of universal human rights conventions, yet there still prevails enormous levels of inequality, malnutrition, and poverty in the world. With all our advancements in the social sciences in the past seven decades on how […]
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King Charles has spent the weekend in Sydney laying low trying to avoid former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the man who demoted the King’s Dad from a Prince to a Knight. ”The King was keen to get out and about... Read More ›
An urgent inquiry has been called in to security at Canberra’s Parliament house after King Charles’ visit was marred by former PM, Tony Abbott, getting within knighting distance of his majesty. ”We nearly had a disaster on our hands what... Read More ›
King Charles, Australia’s current head of state (yep, really), has added a visit to Randwick race course to the itinerary, after his side-piece turned partner, Queen Camilla (yep, she’s our Queen), drew the desired barrier 4 for the Everest. ”This... Read More ›
This afternoon King Charles, a dude who once told his sidepiece that he’d like to identify as a Tampon, will visit Australia. The trip will be paid for by the Australian taxpayer in what is said to be a boon... Read More ›
by Basak Kus* It has now been almost two decades since the 2007-10 financial crisis shattered the exuberance that surrounded American capitalism in the 1990s. The immediate issues the crisis posed—negative growth rates, rising unemployment, and falling stock prices—were addressed long ago. Crises like the Great Recession, however, are more than temporary setbacks; they necessitate […]
by Yingyao Wang* The technocratic project, which once captured political imagination with its potential to manage society and the economy could be managed with rationality and scientific knowledge, seems in decisive decline. Democracy has reasserted its dominant value, and recent populist attacks on expertise have sounded a death knell for technocraticism. If anything, the technocrats […]
Australian school teachers have let out a collective scream, upon the realisation that the World’s longest term still has a week and a half to go. ”Oh, dear God please end this term,” cried Launceston Primary school teacher Mary Chalk.... Read More ›
In a bid to fireproof the state for the remainder of summer Chris Minns has spread half a billion tonnes of mulch over the state’s bushland. “We’ve been sending out Elvis the water sucking helicopter to hoover up all that... Read More ›
by Aaron Major* I was first introduced to Richard Lachmann’s work as a graduate student and then had the privilege of calling him a colleague when I joined the faculty at the University at Albany in 2008. His sudden passing two years ago, on 19th September 2021, was a great personal loss to me and […]