What happens when capital (ownership, property accumulation, "growth") is favored over the other factors of production, labor (workers, people, welfare) and land (the environment, ecology). Developing Economics Amartya Sen’s Work Shows Us the Human Cost of Capitalist DevelopmentBenjamin Selwyn, professor of international relations and international development at the University of Sussex.RelatedTax Research UKAnyone who seriously thinks GDP measures prove that the country is succeeding...

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from Dean Baker Outlawing items such as marijuana or alcohol invariably leads to black markets and corruption. Since there is much money to be made by selling these products in violation of the law, many people will follow the money and break the law. They will also corrupt the legal system in the process, making payments to people in law enforcement and elsewhere in the legal system. The old line from economists on this problem is to take the money out, by making marijuana and alcohol...

Power companies have hiked the price of electricity, making a tough winter even worse. And this time, it’s not just the poorest who are affected. The middle class is also feeling the squeeze. How much of this is due to how our politicians have set up Europe’s energy market, and how much to corporate greed? What other factors are at play? And how can we get out of this mess? Yanis Varoufakis exposes Europe's energy scam and explains how we can overcome it. SUPPORT US...

Many things can be accomplished when you have a majority in Congress, Well. almost. For Democrats, Sinema is still growing up and trying to decide what she wants to be. Being a Democrat is boring. Sitting with Repubs is more exciting as Dems notice.  There is no excitement in going along with the crowd. Gotta mix it up and grab the attention by being a decision maker or a disruptor. “I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!”...

As Holiday seasonality disappears, initial jobless claims turn higher YoY  – by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims rose 13,000 last week to 196,000. The four-week moving average declined -7,500 to 189,250. Continuing claims increased 38,000 to 1,688,000. Below I show all three since initial claims first fell below 300,000 in late October 2021: Because seasonality played such a role in January’s jobs report, here are initial claims...

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