…A great (and increasing) proportion of human utility is, can be, delivered by machines. 2. Humans who do not (don’t have the wherewithal to) control those machines can only compete…

…militarization through two preemptive wars deliver a robust economy. Instead, the rash of financial speculation and finanialization of the economy pushed us into a deep financial crisis and the Great…

…emphasis on the fact that the President inherited a mess from the Bush Administration (Chapter 11). Although voters place much of the blame for the Great Recession on President Bush,…

…later in the day, when Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog wrote a great story on it (there are many high-quality comments, too). It turns out that lots of OECD countries, including…

…should be examined for evidence of weak insurance regulation. To summarize, the Supreme Court’s decision was a great one for the middle class. On top of all the provisions that…

…the entire Middle East [and] take control of a great portion of the world’s energy supplies.” For Cheney, the geopolitics of oil lay at the core of international relations, largely…

…the cost of transportation, making it first possible, then cheaper, to send goods long distances. For example, political scientist Ronald Rogowski, in his great book Commerce and Coalitions shows how…

…industry).* I’ve been reading TAC regularly since then (yes: I’m way behind the curve on this), and I think it’s great. These guys fully understand that the dominant Republican/Conservative rhetoric…

…turn Medicaid into a block grant, giving states more flexibility. As Aaron Carroll points out, states acquired a great deal of flexibility with Medicaid during the GW Bush Administration, but…

…paragraphs of Sargent’s post was: Ah! I should have known it! My liberal-Democrat parents and my American History teachers lied to me. The Great Depression started in March 1933, since…