“The scale of the expansion being considered would surpass moves made by the Blair government, which first introduced use of the private sector by the NHS.” Chronically under-funded and over-indebted,…
Lambert here: Now do inflatable giant rats. By Ian Afflerbach, Associate Professor of American Literature, University of North Georgia. Reposted from Alternet. Over its long history, the American labor movement…
Bird Song of the Day Patient readers, I’m afraid brunch got a little out of hand. More soon! –lambert Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Laguna del Bosque, Guatemala. “Full singing bout, 12 minutes…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, this post will be shorter than the topic, and you, deserve, and also late, but I’m pressed temporally. (I lost around eight hours…
By Eiichi Tomiura, Professor Otsuma Women’s University; President and Chief Research Officer Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). Originally published at VoxEU. After a period of rapid growth,…
The combination of an aging work force, artificial intelligence and shifts in globalization will challenge America in ways not seen in decades.
Yesterday we looked at the relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan, Iran’s interests in the South Caucasus, and how the standoff between Armenia and Azerbaijan is being used to apply more…
Yves here. Satyajit Das reviews three books that claim to offer new insights into the Russia now by looking at Russia past. But all of the works, as Das points…
By Paul Holden, an investigative journalist who is currently the Director of investigations at Shadow World Investigations. The Fraud, his book on Sir Keir Starmer is due for publication by…
Yves here. This latest climate sighting is a very big addition to a long and growing list of seriously unfavorable development, at least as far as the survival of something…