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SERFS UP; Finance, Feudalism, and Fascism: Ruminations on the Political of Our Time, While There is Still Time

SERFS UP; Finance, Feudalism, and Fascism: Ruminations on the Political of Our Time, While There is Still Time

This is chronicle of the re-emergence of feudalism and fascism in the US political economy, brought on by rapid and rabid financialization.

2019

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SKULL-THUGGERY DELUXE: Trump as Violence Personified

“Violence is an expression of impotence… Power [defined as the capacity to work in concert for a public purpose] and violence are…

Jun 10

SKULL-THUGGERY DELUXE: Trump as Violence Personified

Jun 10

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AUTOMACENE RISING: The Perilous Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence

People worry that computers will get too smart and will take over the world. But the real problem is that they are too stupid and they’ve…

Oct 18, 2020

AUTOMACENE RISING: The Perilous Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence

Oct 18, 2020

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A ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND: Silicon Valley is a Mixed Blessing at Best

I am worried that our technology is helping to bring the long, postwar consensus against fascism to an end. ____ David Bodanis

Nov 9, 2020

A ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND: Silicon Valley is a Mixed Blessing at Best

Nov 9, 2020

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THE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of America

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not a right to a square inch of it. ___ Henry George

Aug 24, 2020

THE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of America

Aug 24, 2020

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SLOUCHING TOWARD UNTOPIA

The main way we are fooled is by being convinced that there is some perfect society that awaits us if we follow all the rules — a utopia…

Feb 23, 2023

SLOUCHING TOWARD UNTOPIA

Feb 23, 2023

DONALD TRUMP AND THE BANALITY OF FASCISM

“Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans”. John T. Flynn

Oct 26

DONALD TRUMP AND THE BANALITY OF FASCISM

Oct 26

AN ECONOMICS PRIZE FOR DEMOCRACY: Belated Celebration or Early Eulogy?

“Democratizations increase GDP per capita by about 20% in the long run.” Daron Acemoglu, Suresh Naidu, Pascal Restrepo, and James A…

Oct 15

AN ECONOMICS PRIZE FOR DEMOCRACY: Belated Celebration or Early Eulogy?

Oct 15

IS AI A SCIENCE? Nobels Aside, Machine Learning is Making the World Much More Mysterious

“The pooling operation used in convolutional neural networks is a big mistake, and the fact that it works so well is a disaster”. Geoffrey…

Oct 11

IS AI A SCIENCE? Nobels Aside, Machine Learning is Making the World Much More Mysterious

Oct 11

CITIZEN MUSK: Why Are Some Technologists Such Fascists?

“Musk isn’t promoting liberty; he’s using his power to privilege many of the worst voices in American life.” David French

Sep 25

CITIZEN MUSK: Why Are Some Technologists Such Fascists?

Sep 25

ECONOMICS AT A CROSSROADS?

“The economics profession has become [more] insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the world.”…

Sep 12

ECONOMICS AT A CROSSROADS?

Sep 12

Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

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Top Economics Writer. Gov. service, corp consulting, & faculty posts (e.g., Mich., Stanford, British Columbia). Piles of scholarly pubs & accasional diatribes.

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