Joel Kotkin describes California’s high-tech feudalism. By Joel Kotkin, City-Journal “We are the modern equivalent of the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta. California has the ideas of Athens and the power of Sparta,” declared then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007. “Not only can we lead California into the […]
Team Rising reacts to Facebook executive, Benny Thomas’, comments on Big Tech monopoly issue
Saagar Enjeti discusses Ford Motor Co. farming jobs out to Mexico instead of to a plant in Avon Lake, Ohio.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the earnings of America’s billionaires throughout the pandemic.
The present situation is probably perceived as one of those “nowhere to go but up” scenarios. On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 57 percent of voters say the pandemic is getting better while 33 percent say the same of the economy. This survey was […]
The Latin Americanization of the US economy over the long-term is what matters. Not intermittent fluctuations. Washington Post economics reporter, Jeff Stein, discusses the Fed’s latest projection of the unemployment rate.
“Let them eat cake” is not a winning strategy? Who would’ve thought? Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss how popular stimulus checks are amongst Americans despite pushback in Washington.
Once again, this is not socialism. This is workers’ capitalism. Thirty years ago, every self-identified socialist, from Stalinists to an-coms, would have agreed that socialism is not merely taking control of the means of production away from the capitalist class but also abolishing market relations where production is […]
Imagine that.
Woke capitalism on the move.
Krystal Ball discusses the Amazon union efforts in Alabama and explains how the system is rigged against the workers.
Host of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, reacts to a new Amazon/ Ipsos poll that found a majority of Americans support raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a Pfizer executive’s plan to cash in on the COVID pandemic through potential yearly boosters.
President of Center for Health & Democracy, Wendell Potter, discusses the Koch network’s private-sector health care plans.
By Matt Purple, The American Conservative One year ago this week, my old boss here at TAC told us to start working from home. I remember riding the Metro train back to my apartment that evening—the last time I took public transportation, as it turns out—and naively looking […]
By B. Venkat Mani, Telos On January 31, 1920, Dr. Bhimrao “Babasaheb” Ambedkar—lawyer, thought leader, social thinker, and one of Columbia University’s most famous alumni, who later became the prime architect of the constitution of the postcolonial Republic of India—published the first issue of the Dalit newspaper Mooknayak […]
Historically, the function of social democracy has been to strengthen the position of the state and the capitalist class through using bribes and handouts as a means of pacifying the common people in order to prevent revolutionary movements from developing. As the US continues to experience a widening […]
Now that an increasingly greater number of corporations are moving toward the cultural left, look for Republicans to start selectively embracing unionization as a weapon they can use against their opponents within the ruling class while promoting themselves as economic populists. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Sen. […]
This is a fairly interesting interview with Carson, which includes his usual mixture of economic insights plus assorted bullshit. By Diego Avila, Center for a Stateless Society Here we bring the second part of the interview with Kevin Carson, made by Diego Avila and Luis R. Vera. To […]
A recent Oxfam study found that since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s richest 10 billionaires have seen a wealth increase of half a trillion dollars – enough to pay for every person on the planet to get a vaccine.
I view “property rights” the same way that the Left views race, gender, sexuality, etc. i.e. as a social construct that is relative to time, place, and the particular cultural framework that is involved, like table manners, marital customs, sexual morals, religious rituals, styles of dress or music, […]
Global Capitalism: Live Economic Update – March 2021 March 2020-March 2021: Covid and the Crash In connection with Prof. Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also give short updates on: who lost what; who gained what; where is the US economy headed now; and lastly, […]
In some places, it is. Industrial zones in China are a good example. By Peter R. Quinones Seriously, let’s get into this shit. What the fuck happened? A year ago today, my supervisor told me there was a chance we would have to be SEEN sanitizing our hands […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to results of a new Stockton study.
Former mayor of Stockton, California, Michael Tubbs, discusses the results of his historical city-led universal basic income experiment.
Krystal Ball breaks down the content of the PRO Act and predicts whether or not it will pass.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the passage of Biden’s stimulus package.
Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced legislation to cancel rent and mortgage payments until April 2022.
Not sure about the source on this but the story seems to be legitimate. Snake Baker, Daily Stormer I wish we could say “at least we’re getting funny headlines in 2021,” but these are all headlines we could have had going all the way back to 2017. Other […]
This is a fantastic piece written from a conservative Christian perspective that describes the present-day US political spectrum perfectly. Proto-Protestantism Most Conservatives will insist that the American political spectrum has shifted rapidly to the Left over the past fifty years and will make the case by appealing to […]
If so, it was probably the most positive thing Trump managed to achieve, however inadvertently. Though I disagree with much of Krystal’s economic analysis in this. Krystal Ball outlines how the pandemic has shifted public opinion on government involvement and deficit hawkery.
In the event of a regime collapse, how would we keep basic utilities like electrical power going? Those are the questions that actual revolutionaries (as opposed to LARPers and do-gooders) need to be thinking about. Julianna welcomes back Professor of Economics Richard D. Wolff to the show, to […]
Not so much moving left as much as escalating faux populist rhetoric.
A crack in the PC Coalition? Journalist, Zaid Jilani, discusses why Hispanic voters, specifically Latino men, are gravitating towards the Republican Party.
Kyrsten Sinema would seem to be the perfect name for a porn star. Krystal Ball reacts to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s vote to not include the $15 minimum wage raise in the stimulus package.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti break down what the new stimulus package contains and who benefits.
China is way overrated.
Just wait until the SHTF. America’s power grid is not ready.
She was my second favorite candidate after Tulsi, with Yang being third. Author and activist, Marianne Williamson, discusses raising the minimum wage and explains how it reveals what is wrong with the core of the U.S. economy.
Shopping malls in the U.S. were already in decline before the Covid-19 pandemic as consumers shifted away from traditional brick-and-mortar stores to e-commerce. The outbreak has only exacerbated the challenges at malls as social distancing has placed restrictions on stores, movie theaters and restaurants. So what will become […]
Point Roberts, Wash., on a peninsula jutting out from Canada beneath the 49th parallel, is a tiny piece of America separate from the U.S. mainland. Its isolation helped protect the community from the spread of COVID-19, but restrictions at the border have effectively trapped residents there – and […]
California’s model of combining Western European social norms with Latin American class structures is what the future of the USA will look like, and we’ve already moved a good ways in that direction, particularly since the pandemic began. As Oracle, Palantir and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise move their headquarters out […]
This nails it. Tuition at America’s public universities has nearly tripled since 1990. With President Biden looking to ease the burden for some students, experts explain how federal financial aid programs can actually contribute to rising costs.
Okay, this does merit “criticism.” It’s interesting how the left and FOX News are now converging in their definition of “socialism.” Carlson is not a socialist. He’s an economic nationalist. Glenn’s not a socialist either. He’s a progressive liberal. Given that it’s now once again fashionable for a […]
If even Sam Sedar is at least partially aware of this problem, it must be bad. Sam host Denver University Professor of Law Nancy Leong to discuss her new book, Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality, on how the powerful wield diversity to ensconce their […]
By Glenn H. Reynolds, New York Post In America, class warfare is often disguised as culture war, and culture war is often cloaked by talk of race. But underneath it all, the class warfare is still there. Whether accidentally or intentionally, America’s upper classes seem to wind up […]
By B. Venkat Mani, TELOS On February 2, the second day of Black History Month, a tweet from a Black woman in the United States unleashed a war of words in India, with global resonance. Rihanna, the Barbados-born U.S. singer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cultural activist posted a one-liner: […]
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson, and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the recent debate Keith and I have on MDD on the topic of Socialism and Innovation.
Ben Burgis and Brent Lengel critique their debate with Todd Lewis and myself.
“The people need water!” Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports of a water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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