Mammon category archive
Animal Sacrifice 0
Thom and his guest discuss how the slaughter of farm animals is not simply the result of the coronavirus. Rather, they posit that the pandemic has revealed deep flaws in the existing system for getting meat to market.
The Medicine Show 0
Will Bunch argues that it is all show and no medicine.
A False Choice 0
At the Inky, Robert I. Field explains that the notion that you can somehow choose between the economy and public health is–er–misguided. An excerpt:
Meanwhile, PoliticalProf takes a look at the stock market.
Indulgences for Sale 0
Donald Trump, seeking to appease the evangelical “Christians” in his base, has declared that churches are essential services.
E. J. Montini disagrees, because the Bible tells him so. A nugget (emphasis in the original):
The priest made a joke with the congregation, saying something along the lines of, “While I’m glad you’re all here, and I really do need this job, it doesn’t even take two or three of us to have the Lord with us. We’re able to have that on our own, any time we want.”
An Unthinkable Thought 0
I fear that El Jefe may be onto something.
Trade-off 0
Susan Estrich is less than optimistic about the effects of Donald Trump’s push to “reopen” the country. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Well, this should work out well (about as well as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, that is).
Chris-Crossed 0
Chris Christie joins the ranks of those willing to sacrifice lives* on the altar of the Dow-Jones Average.
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*Lives of others, it goes without saying.
Supply Change, Reprise 0
The Washington Monthly explores why, even as we as shoppers are greeted by shortages and empty shelves at our grocery stores, farmers are dumping milk and killing livestock because they are unable to get them to market.
They pose this questions; follow the link to see how they answer it:
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Turning Trickles on Wall Street 0
Thom discusses the path from trickle on economics to our botched response to COVID-19.
The Art of the Steal 0
The Las Vegas Sun warns that scammers are determined to go viral with your stimulus check (and anything else they can get their paws on.
