Mike Norman Economics

JS: What are those concepts? What do we need for groups to be more kind, helpful, and cooperative? PA: There are eight design principles in our book that help groups to act more cooperatively [for the common good]. Greater Good MagazineHow Can We Cooperate When the Pandemic Is Driving Us Apart? Jill Suttie interviews Paul Atkins, coauthor of the new book Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups.

The recently passed $2.1 trillion stimulus proves that Congress has always had the power to fund big spending packages, without worrying about how to offset the costs. That is according to Modern Monetary Theory, an economic school of thought that’s been gaining prominence in recent years, including among rising progressive political stars like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Stephanie Kelton Stephanie Kelton, Modern Monetary Theory’s most prominent advocate, spoke to Capital &...

Marx tends to get all the credit and garners of the opprobrium, too. But Engles also made significant contributions, both to Marx's thinking and also in his own right. He did a lot more than pay Marx's bills so he had freedom to do research and write. Michael Roberts points out that Marx and Engels also were ecological economists and environmental economists as well as classical economists analyzing economic rent and rent-extraction as the basis of capitalism in a way similar to...

Previously Marxian Chris Dillow goes full-on Marxist. Time to change the material conditions of production. This is a moral argument in addition to being an economic one. Capital had its chance twice. The first time it failed was in the global financial crisis, which lead to obscene levels of "inequality" (read funneling ownership and control of real and financial resources to the top). Now, there is systemic failure that threatens civilizational collapse, with the current pandemic only...

Last Thursday (March 26, 2020), the European Council met to discuss the way in which the European Union would deal with the coronavirus crisis. Not much happened. Well that is not exactly true. A lot happened in the sense that even when faced with the worst health crisis in a century that is already devastating the populations in Italy and Spain and creating economic havoc throughout, the leadership split along familiar lines and failed to come up with any solution. There was a lot of talk...

I thought this was excellent. Dr Michael Greger is a vegan and has no ties to any companies. Here he talks about the benefits of flax seeds.Apparently, one tablespoon of flax seed a day is all that is needed, but you should grind it or buy it split as it will just pass through the body otherwise. It seems to have powerful anti-inflammatory effects, and it can lower blood pressure as well as drugs do but without side effects. [embedded content] Should we be concerned about the cyanide in flax...

The United States has spent nearly $6 trillion on wars that directly contributed to the deaths of around 500,000 peoplesince the 9/11 attacks of 2001. "In sum, high costs in war and war-related spending pose a national security concern because they are unsustainable," the report concluded. "The public would be better served by increased transparency and by the development of a comprehensive strategy to end the wars and deal with other urgent national security priorities." Newsweek Tom...

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Temporarily, for one year.Zero HedgeIn Groundbreaking Move, Fed Excludes Treasurys From Leverage Ratio Rule: Here's What That MeansTyler Durden

US at hair trigger weapons free status.. and the whole country is in a very bad mood...“We're at war with COVID-19, we're at war with terrorists, and we are at war with the drug cartels . . . We're the United States military and we will defend our country." —General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs pic.twitter.com/hHDPBcgf6b— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 1, 2020