Two More Elephants in Your Electric Vehicle
On this week's episode, Mark summarizes the many problems with EVs, and focuses on two consequences funded
Paleoconservatives Need Better Critics
Paul Gottfried is no stranger to criticism from “conservative” gatekeepers. Like his friend and colleague Murray
To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48
During the three years after World War II, Germans—facing a ruined economy and wildly depreciating currency—turned
MMT’s Warren Mosler Argues Fed Rate Hikes Cause Growth and Inflation
Bob walks through a recent interview of MMT champion Warren Mosler, in which he claims that
The Backstops for Banks Are Full of Holes
First Republic, Signature Bank, and Silicon Valley Bank have all failed, and that’s not the only
The GDPR Paradox: Empowering Government in the Name of Data Protection
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation supposedly protects people from government data abuse. In reality,
When Slave Owners Chose Federal Power over Local Sovereignty
A recurring theme in American politics is the cynical use of federal power by those who
Cracked-Up Slobodian
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracyby Quinn SlobodianMetropolitan Books, 2023;
Current Socialists Should Support Government Default: Their Forebears Certainly Did
Socialists like Bernie Sanders and the editors of Jacobin have decried the possible US government debt default. Marx and
Cultural Change Is Necessary for Capital Development
Preserving culture is so crucial to a group’s identity that it has become sacred. For many