PinnedSKULL-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 1030Jun 1030
PinnedAUTOMACENE RISING: The Perilous Political Economy of Artificial IntelligencePeople 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, 202018Oct 18, 202018
PinnedA ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND: Silicon Valley is a Mixed Blessing at BestI am worried that our technology is helping to bring the long, postwar consensus against fascism to an end. ____ David BodanisNov 9, 20206Nov 9, 20206
PinnedTHE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of AmericaHow can a man be said to have a country when he has not a right to a square inch of it. ___ Henry GeorgeAug 24, 20208Aug 24, 20208
PinnedSLOUCHING TOWARD UNTOPIAThe 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, 202320Feb 23, 202320
AMERICAN SYSTEM FAILURE?“Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word”. Barbara AmielDec 719Dec 719
THE SYSTEM AND THE TYRANT“Tis time to fear, when tyrants seem to kiss”. William ShakespeareNov 2522Nov 2522
TRUMPSTER FIRE: Unbridled Oligarchy Abides“We’ve become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy.” Jimmy CarterNov 1143Nov 1143
DONALD TRUMP AND THE BANALITY OF FASCISM“Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans”. John T. FlynnOct 2625Oct 2625
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 157Oct 157