Yves here. This Richard Murphy post makes an important and often overlooked point: the roles that small and large enterprises play are fundamentally different, and that has policy implications. But…
Yves here. We published a GPENewsdoc piece on AI synthetic biology which highlighted key risks. Sadly the post got very comments, perhaps because readers found the discussion to be too…
Lambert here: Seems appropriate…. By Mark Robert Rank, Professor of Social Welfare, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Reposted from Alternet. A century ago, French writer and…
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Mexico is the leading consumer of soft drinks in the world with an average consumption of 163 litres per person per year — 40% more than the US in second…
Yves here. As Lambert is wont to say, “They call them vehicles because they drive off with all your money.” As John Ruehl explains, they have additional uses, such as…
Conor here: The author of the following piece wastes a decent amount of space on TDS that weakens a message about solidarity among working class in the face of climate…
The Essay as Realm Georgia Review Through the Looking Glass, and What Zheludev et al. (2024) Found There Asterisk Why the World Bank and IMF matter more than ever FT…
Lambert here: “Original accumulation” is such a neutral-sounding term. By Ramin Skibba, an astrophysicist turned science writer and freelance journalist who is based in the Bay Area. Originally published at…
By Kim Dinan, author at KFF Health News. Orignally published at KFF Health News. Before Hurricane Helene, had you stopped by one of the many breweries, art galleries, or award-winning…