Labor as a Common Pool Resource The everyday experience of working people, economic policies of governments, bargaining priorities of trade unions, and theoretical models of economists refute the idealistic maxim…

…solve important economic problems.  Conceivably, Klein could be a “state capacity libertarian”.  There are problems with applying even this weaker definition of “libertarian” to Klein.  First, it is not clear…

…and economic growth resulting in greater revenue. It was a lie from the get-go. The TCJA did not result in greater revenue hence more deficit spending. Having a Covid epidemic…

…is number driven at all. Instead I want to argue that it is fundamentally an attempt to tell a story to sell a particular set of policy proposals, that of…

…the “homo-economicacus rationalis” (to coin Fester’s phrase) model adhered to by many of the proponents of privatization: Privatization that converts mandatory “contributions” into “IRAs, 401Ks, PCOs, Keoghs, SEPs and other…

…experience from the economic impacts and the narratives they’re willing to buy into. They live with rent hikes, unaffordable childcare, and medical bills, while struggling to pay for food. A…