Political Economy category archive
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
This is a Pyrrhic gesture, but a useful one:
Laborers’ Day 0
Don Langrehr points out the irony in pretending to honor labor on Labor Day even as those who labor face persistent penury. A snippet:
Follow the link.
Now.
“It’s Everywhere” 0
Thom explains to a caller that, in the United States at least, race can’t be isolated from other issues.
Breathe Deeply . . . While You Can 0
David discusses the Trump administration’s moves to allow greater use of asbestos while limiting the ability to study its dangers.
Ill-Farmed Policy 0
In related news, Element Television, the only company to assemble televisions in the U. S. (from imported parts, mind you), is in danger of closing because of Donald Trump’s stupid trade war. (I just bought one of their machines; the words in the product description that made the sale were, “This television has none of the features of a smart TV.” Every electronic thing else tries to spy on me; I don’t need a TV that does too.)
Image via Job’s Anger.
Deconstruction and the Privatization Scam 0
Thom explains how Republicans are nibbling away at the common good.
Trending 0
Thom and Thomas Frank theorize that Donald Trump is not an aberration, but a culmination.
“These Are People Who Thought That Scrooge Was Right” 0
Thom and his guest discuss the right-wing’s vision of a new Gilded Age.
Wipe Out! 0
Jay Bookman comments. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the complete article.
(Syntax error fixed. Darn computers. Expect you to splet stuf rite.)
Unilaterally Assured Destruction 0
Josh Marshall muses on Donald Trump’s views of a “deal.” A snippet; follow the link for the full article:
Trump doesn’t know he’s won until you lose. Indeed, that’s what winning is: making you lose.
Image via Job’s Anger.
