Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 16, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 16, 2023by Tony WikrentClimate and environmental crisesHow an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits[Yale Environment 360, via The Big Picture...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 23, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 23, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyThe Democrats’ Appalling Failure to Confront the Rogue, Right-Wing Supreme CourtSimon Lazarus, April 21, 2023...
View ArticleTexas GOP legislators plan to replace certified counselors in schools with...
Republicans in both houses of the Texas legislature have introduced a law to allow local schools to dispense with trained and certified counselors, and replace them with “chaplains.” Well, one of the...
View ArticleIt's the tax cuts, stupid
Look at the graph up top. The debt is mostly the result of Republican tax cuts since Reagan. The graph is very clear (here’s the original image from advisorperspectives.com): After Reagan and the...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 30, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 30, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyAmerica Fails the Civilization Test[The Atlantic, via The Big Picture 4-23-2023]The true test of a...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 7, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 7, 2023by Tony WikrentThe ‘Free Market’ is a Fever Dream and Adam Smith Wasn’t in It [YouTube][Rhodes Center Podcast, via YouTube, Mar 31, 2023]Mark Blyth...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 14, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 14, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyPopulation Decline Will Change the World for the Better Stephanie Feldstein, May 4, 2023 [Scientific American,...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 21, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 21, 2023by Tony Wikrent(anti)Republican Party debt charadeSix Legal Reasons the Federal Budget Is Its Own ‘Debt Ceiling’ - and ‘Floor’Robert Hockett, May 11,...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 28, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 28, 2023by Tony WikrentWarWhy Are We in Ukraine? Benjamin Schwarz, Christopher Layne [Harpers, June 2023 issue, via Naked Capitalism 5-22-2023]Both the global...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 4, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 4, 2023by Tony WikrentWhy elites are misanthropicBillionaires and the Evolution of Overconfidence[The Garden of Forking Paths, via The Big Picture 5-31-2023]To...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 11, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 11, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyWhat Happens When Corporations are Taxed at 50% - Like Before the Reagan Revolution?Thom Hartmann, June 5,...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 18, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 18, 2023by Tony WikrentMY FIFTY YEARS WITH DAN ELLSBERG Seymour Hersh [via Naked Capitalism 6-17-2023]Climate and environmental crisesWTF is Happening? An...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 25, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 25, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyIn Delaware, Corporations Are Dangerously Close to Acquiring the Right to Vote [Jacobin, via Naked Capitalism...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 2, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 2, 2023by Tony WikrentWarThe Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine War Is Headed John Mearsheimer [via Naked Capitalism 7-1-2023]The real casualties of Russia’s...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 9, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 9, 2023by Tony WikrentClimate and environmental crisesWorld Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded on July 3 [Reuters, via Naked Capitalism 7-5-2023]6 southern...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 16, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 16, 2023by Tony WikrentGlobal power shiftHas the West lost control of oil? [Unherd, via Naked Capitalism 7-10-2023]Led by the odd pairing of the Saudi Crown...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 23, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 23, 2023by Tony WikrentCOVIDCovid Origins Scientist Denounces Reporting On His Messages As A “Conspiracy Theory” [Public, via Naked Capitalism 7-21-2023]First...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 30, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 30, 2023by Tony WikrentA rare opportunity to be heardAntitrust Guidelines and Overthrowing a Corrupt Priesthood Matt Stoller [BIG, via Naked Capitalism...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 6, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 6, 2023 by Tony WikrentClimate and environmental crisesIs A Mega Ocean Current About to Shut Down? [Scientific American, via Naked Capitalism 7-30-2023]The...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 13, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 13, 2023by Tony WikrentHeather Cox Richardson, August 12, 2023 [Letters from an American]In Marion, Kansas, yesterday morning, four local police officers and...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 20, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 20, 2023by Tony WikrentClimate and environmental crises‘This Is Huge’: Judge Sides With Montana Youths in Historic Climate Ruling [Common Dreams, via Naked...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 27, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 27, 2023by Tony WikrentWarEconomic Warfare Is Cruel and Useless Daniel Larison [via Naked Capitalism 8-22-2023]Economic warfare can cause destruction and...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 3, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 3, 2023by Tony WikrentWarEscaping Attrition: Ukraine Rolls the Dice Big Serge Thought, via Naked Capitalism 8-30-2023]“Ukraine may not be interested in a...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 10, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 10, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyThe Green Great Game Is This Century’s Space Race [The Diplomat, via Naked Capitalism 9-3-2023]The...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 17, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 17, 2023by Tony WikrentCivic republicanismThe Pedagogy of PowerChris Hedges, September 10, 2023 [scheerpost.com]The ruling classes always work to keep the...
View ArticleSen. Fetterman, the Senate dress code, and Conspicuous Consumption
I think the best way to handle the never ending conservative and (anti)Republican obsessive screaming fits over this or that is to poke fun at them. But, if between chuckles and guffaws, you are...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 24, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 24, 2023by Tony WikrentUSA Government ShutdownThe Looming Government Shutdown Is Not the Fault of DysfunctionJason Linkins, September 22, 2023 [The New...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 1, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 1, 2023by Tony Wikrent80 Years Ago Denmark Miraculously Saved 8,000 Jews From Nazi MurderHarvey Wasserman, September 25, 2023 [downwithtyranny.com]Strategic...
View ArticleHey, Republicans: spending is not the problem, your tax cuts are
So, less than a dozen “conservative” extremists have shut down the United States House of Representatives because they were not allowed to shut down the entire U.S. government.Like someone calling in...
View ArticleNetanyahu’s government disregarded Egyptian warnings
We know that conservatism results in poor governance.In the United States, we have the circus of the Republican Party to look at. Measured by its achievements under Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield over a...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 8, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 8, 2023by Tony WikrentWarHamas Attacks, What Does It Mean?Ian Welsh, October 7, 2023Hamas actually captured the Israeli southern command base briefly. It was...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 15, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 15, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyUS science agencies on track to hit 25-year funding low [Nature, via Naked Capitalism 10-11-2023] The Smart...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 22, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 22, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyDeb Chachra’s ‘How Infrastructure Works' Cory Doctorow [Pluralistic, via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 29, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 29, 2023by Tony WikrentIs There a New Left Stirring Within The New Right?John Judis [The Liberal Patriot, via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 5, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 5, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyThe Great Reordering Rana Foroohar, October 29, 2023 [Washington Monthly, via Naked Capitalism Water...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 12, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 12, 2023by Tony Wikrent(anti)Republican Drive to Civil WarTrump will implement Martial Law, Shoot Protestors and Prosecute his enemiesFrank Vyan Walton,...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 19, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 19, 2023by Tony WikrentGlobal power shiftThe Hinge of History: Palestine and the New World OrderPatrick Lawrence [Scheerpost, via Naked Capitalism...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 26, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 26, 2023by Tony WikrentThe deep state unleashed oligarchy Patrick Lawrence: What Died 60 Years Ago? A President and a Nation’s Promise[Scheerpost, via Naked...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 3, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 3, 2023by Tony WikrentGaza / Palestine / Israel[X-Twitter, via Naked Capitalism 12-01-2023]xWOW, this might be THE most important piece of journalism on the...
View ArticleDemocratic Party "stuck in its addictions to neoliberal economics" - Sen....
Luke Goldstein of The American Prospect reports on Senator Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) recent shift to an explicit rejection of neoliberalism. I pressed Murphy about why, despite executive actions, Democrats...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 10, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 10, 2023by Tony WikrentWar in UkraineSeymour Hersh, Anatol Lieven and the desperate DC gambit to end hostilities in Ukraine while claiming ‘victory’ Gilbert...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 17, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 17, 2023by Tony WikrentOligarchs' war on the experiment of republican self-governmentConstitution in the Crosshairs: The Far Right’s Plan for a New...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 24, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 24, 2023by Tony Wikrent14th AmendmentWhy 14th Amendment bars Trump from office: A constitutional law scholar explains principle behind Colorado Supreme...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 31, 2023
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 31, 2023by Tony WikrentOligarchyOligarchy and DemocracyJeffrey A. Winters [The American Interest, via The Big Picture 12-24-2023]Winters is professor of...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 21, 2024
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 21, 2024by Tony WikrentGlobal power shiftChina Is the World’s Sole Manufacturing SuperpowerRichard Baldwin [VoxEU, via Naked Capitalism 01-17-2024]...The US...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 28, 2024
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 28, 2024by Tony WikrentGlobal power shiftMaersk ships in US Navy convoy forced to retreat under Houthi missile attack [Trade Winds, via Naked Capitalism...
View ArticleWho they gonna be? Robert E. Lee or George H. Thomas?
The most recent excretion of treasonous stunts is Texas governor Abbott’s attempt to resurrect states’ rights in a showdown with the national government over the border with Mexico. What Asshat Abbot...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 11, 2024
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 11, 2024by Tony WikrentGaza / Palestine / IsraelIsrael’s Relentless Bombing Erases Gaza’s Heritage Sites [Wide Walls, via Naked Capitalism 02-09-2024]The...
View ArticleWeek-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 18, 2024
L 2-11L 2-12WC 2-12L 2-13WC 2-13L 2-14L 2-15L 2-16WC 2-16L 2-17Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 18, 2024by Tony WikrentWho will guard the guardians? U.S. Government Is Hiding Documents That...
View ArticleRetired military leaders tell SCOTUS Trump immunity will destroy civilian...
19 retired four-star admirals and generals, and former secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, who have served under each President from John F. Kennedy to Donald J. Trump, have filed an amicus...
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