Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern
Financialization is an awful word. It sounds clumsy in the mouth and refers to a process that has been underway for over 40 years but […]
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Briefly Noted – The Deficit Myth: The Biggest Lie In Politics | 1Dime
This video from 1Dime is a very good introduction to the actual workings of money in the economy. Though for my tastes, the video is […]
The Glory of Our Food – on the back of farm workers – more from John Oliver
Only the oldest amongst my readers will remember Edward R. Murrow’s 1960 CBS TV report Harvest of Shame (opens CBS channel on YouTube) that reported on […]
Wealth & Poverty course from Robert Reich – UC Berkeley
Reich is offering an online course, “Wealth & Poverty”, that started today. I watched the first lecture, “What Happened to Income and Wealth?” Looks like […]
Sources of Poverty in the US – Matthew Desmond article – Updated
Original posting – 3.6.2023 Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, has a new book Poverty, by America set to […]
“How Structural Racism Works” – Tricia Rose and Samuel Rosen – recently noted
If you are struggling to get your head around how racism works you will probably find it helpful to have a general framework as a […]
Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”
Essay explores the grim reality of life in one small corner of America within the broader landscape of the bottom 90%.
Market Concentration – Walmart and Groceries
The Visual Capitalist added another graphic example of the increasing concentration, monopolization, of markets, in this case for groceries. Even here in Hudson NY we […]