Meet the New Harry and Louise
Vox's attack on Bernie Sanders is sold as a policy critique. It's actually a dishonest exercise in managing the Democratic Party base.
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A Socialist Primer on Monetary Policy and Inflation
Utter the words “monetary policy” and many of us fall asleep. But that policy is crucial to how capitalists exert power. Instead of leaving it to the “experts,” socialists and the labor movement should demand a democratic say in what monetary policy looks like.
Democrats Against Single Payer
Single-payer health care has always been a goal of the Left. But Democrats have turned it into a punching bag.
Ireland’s Bad Apples
The EU says Apple owes Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes. Why don't Irish elites want the money?
Ending the Empathy Gap
Our aim is a society where people are guaranteed the necessities of life not because they’re sympathetic, but because they’re human beings.
What Bernie Supporters Want
The Sanders campaign has been driven by class politics, not white male angst.
The Post-Hope Democrats
The latest attacks on Bernie Sanders reveal that the Democratic Party is intent on driving down expectations.
Sharecropping in the Cloud
Rather than benefiting all, cloud computing's main innovation will be enhanced control for technological rentiers.
Capitalism Was Always Like This
It’s fashionable to claim that the “rise of the robots” or the “disappearance of work” have changed everything about labor in the twenty-first century. But when it comes to extracting profit from workers, today’s era of ruthless capitalism is fundamentally the same as those of the past.
Work It
Simply saying we should improve the quality and reduce the duration of work doesn’t allow us to ask whether that work needs to exist at all.
Steve Bannon’s Autobahn
You can’t fight Herrenvolk populism with weak-tea liberalism.
From the Absurd to the Tragic
Those who lead Greece and its Left to surrender should be opposed.
Can They Count?
Blaming third-party voters for Trump's win isn't just bad politics. It's bad math.
Medicare for All Would End the Nightmare of “Insurance Churn”
The claim that “if you like your insurance, you can keep it” is the biggest lie in US politics. Your boss has more of a say over your health insurance than you do, and most workers could lose their health plan at any minute. That’s why we need Medicare for All.
The Trump Effect
Trump's embrace of brutal dictators like Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is hardly new for American politics. But the media is treating it like it is.
The Goldman Sachs Theory of Capitalism
Goldman Sachs economists are questioning the efficacy of capitalism — but for all the wrong reasons.
The Next Great Treasury Raid
A new proposal to eliminate capital gains taxes would realize a dream the Right has had for decades.