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As you all probably know, Social Darwinism — the attempt to apply Darwin’s theory of evolution to human society — has been discredited for many reasons, including its association with racism, imperialism and eugenics. Nonetheless, I would argue, the...
by Arizona Blues
on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
with 87 Recommends
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“Moscow Mike” Johnson and his Republicans in the House are determined to continue to shorten the lifespans of Americans by forcing brutal Red State policies on the entire nation. It’s literally killing people, but they frankly don’t care so long as...
by thomhartmann
on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 08:15 AM PDT
with 190 Recommends
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One of the biggest non-surprises is that the British economy fell into recession. It is not a surprise because all government and Bank of England policies worked very hard to get us there. In point of fact, it has been obvious for some time that they...
by NY brit expat
on Sun Feb 18, 2024 at 03:00 PM PST
with 31 Recommends
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Recent reporting suggests that Trump followers, by and large, are fine with him being or becoming a dictator. It seems crazy, but there it is, irrefutable: they’d rather have Trump as a dictator than Biden or any Democrat as a “normal president.” But...
by thomhartmann
on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 08:15 AM PST
with 597 Recommends
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A Boeing 737-Max9 lost a side door during flight, and commentators in the industry point out the plane manufacturer used to be run by engineers, but now, at the insistence of Wall Street, is run by bean-counters looking out for profits. One of my kids...
by thomhartmann
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 08:45 AM PST
with 377 Recommends
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Neoliberalism broke the world, but the neoliberals at the height of political and corporate power don’t want to admit it and so helplessly complain about the backlash to it that they call populism. The easy solution is to end neoliberal policies and...
by thomhartmann
on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 08:12 AM PST
with 64 Recommends
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America’s position as the sole great power within the international system has come to an end. The future of the liberal world order has become precarious. Brief History & Theoretical Concepts in International Relations The balance of power within the...
by frankfaiola
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM PST
with 27 Recommends
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Here is the start of the Britannica.com entry on neoliberalism neoliberalism, ideology and policy model that emphasizes the value of free market competition. Although there is considerable debate as to the defining features of neoliberal thought and...
by greenandblue
on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
with 23 Recommends
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This piece develops from a talk I gave at a meeting discussing the economic situation in Britain and how this issue will play out locally in London. It also provides some suggestions where we can develop grassroots local campaigns in local communities...
by NY brit expat
on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
with 11 Recommends
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Senator Chris Murphy gets it. And he’s begging his fellow Democrats to wake up, too. Forty-two years ago, Ronald Reagan launched America into a great social, economic, and political experiment. It was based on the 1940s utopian thinking of a handful of...
by thomhartmann
on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 06:58 AM PST
with 176 Recommends
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Luke Goldstein of The American Prospect reports on Senator Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) recent shift to an explicit rejection of neoliberalism. I pressed Murphy about why, despite executive actions, Democrats in Congress weren’t able to move forward in the...
by NBBooks
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 08:54 PM PST
with 428 Recommends
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A persistent myth exists that impedes the election of many good Democratic canditates: Republicans are better at capitalism than Democrats. Horsefeathers and balderdash! It is time to put this ...
by Frank Cocozzelli
on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 01:15 AM PST
with 23 Recommends
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By John Patrick Leary �for Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Neoliberalism is a sprawling, contentious, difficult economic and political concept that can be hard to pin down because it ...
by Economic Hardship Reporting Project
on Sun Oct 08, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
with 50 Recommends
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Happy birthday, Markos Moulitsas. May the years be better and better. I love Daily Kos. That's a quantitative fact. Most of my online consumption and contributions have come through Daily Kos. Not counting work, you host over 90% of my public writing....
by greenandblue
on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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Is it just that they’re evil? Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was pulling no punches in calling out her six Republican colleagues on the Supreme Court in the student loan case, Biden v Nebraska. None of the Republican states suing would have lost a...
by thomhartmann
on Fri Jul 07, 2023 at 08:13 AM PDT
with 110 Recommends
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Evgeny Morozov, the author of “To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism,” has an opinion piece at The NY Times that warns we may be approaching the risks of Artificial Intelligence from the wrong direction. The True Threat...
by xaxnar
on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 11:16 AM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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Share If we want a healthy, happy society in America, it’s not enough to just raise the top personal income tax bracket; we must also raise corporate taxes. Let me explain… Last week on Hartmann Report I proposed we raise the top personal income tax...
by thomhartmann
on Mon Jun 05, 2023 at 08:40 AM PDT
with 310 Recommends
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First, a follow up on my comment referencing Jean-Marc Jancovici discussing the impossibility of continuing current power consumption trends with renewables or anything else. He also made relevant points about valuation, such as using the space station...
by greenandblue
on Sun Jun 04, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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“Succession” is over, but spoiled, entitled billionaire man-children are still very much with us, running social media companies, owning newspapers and television networks, and funding politicians and judges who then keep their taxes low and...
by thomhartmann
on Sat Jun 03, 2023 at 08:29 AM PDT
with 798 Recommends
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Americans used to understand the difference between private and public, between what government should regulate or even administer, and what is appropriately left in the private marketplace. Ever since the Reagan Revolution, however — as I lay out in...
by thomhartmann
on Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 08:36 AM PDT
with 215 Recommends
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