Testing Marx | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Substituting “income inequality” for class, in the very first sentence, is a pretty neat trick. Interesting nonetheless, given that the Socialist Party in Imperial Germany and after went…
Cutting Health Care Costs
As his re-election effort gets underway, President Biden is signaling that health care — and particularly the cost of it — will be central to his campaign. “We’re taking on…
Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy! | naked capitalism
Yves here. As the BRICS discussions proceeded, more and more official statements are confirming what we have been saying for some time, in the face of considerable pushback. BRICS is…
Libyan Minister Flees Country Amid Uproar Over Meeting With Israeli
The Libyan foreign minister has fled to Turkey out of fear for her safety, an aide said Monday, amid a growing uproar in Libya over news that she met informally…
Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy Is Suddenly Part of Our Political Life
Gail Collins: Bret, we haven’t talked since the Republican debate. Can’t say I fell in love with any of the contenders, but your fave Nikki Haley was certainly the most…
Frances Tiafoe Is Ready
One year ago, Frances Tiafoe headed to the U.S. Open, beloved within the tennis world but a relative unknown outside it. He emerged as the first American man to reach…
Americans Still Put Their Trust in Juries. Will Trump’s Trials Break That Faith?
At a time when trust in institutions is at an all-time low, Americans still seem to have faith in their fellow citizens serving on juries. Nearly 60 percent of Americans…
Opinion | Republican Voters Aren’t Looking to Be Rescued From Trump
Much of what is happening in American politics today can be explained by two simple yet seemingly contradictory phenomena: Most partisans believe that the other side is more powerful than…
Opinion | How Free Speech and Willful Blindness Will Play Out in the Trump Prosecution
More than a decade ago, a divided Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Alvarez that an elected member of a district water board in California could not be prosecuted…
Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come
A late-summer wave of coronavirus infections has touched schools, workplaces and local government, as experts warned the public to brace for even more Covid-19 spread this fall and winter. Hospitalizations…