No, Slavery Did Not Make America Rich
In 1847, Karl Marx wrote that Without slavery you have no cotton; without cotton you have no modern industry…cause slavery […]
In 1847, Karl Marx wrote that Without slavery you have no cotton; without cotton you have no modern industry…cause slavery […]
This week many Americans celebrated Constitution Day, which is observed every year to remember the Founding Fathers signing the Constitution on […]
Mr. President, We, the producers of lighting products, would like to congratulate you. You are on the right track. You […]
Both capitalists and anti-capitalists frequently accuse capitalism of being a system driven by selfishness and greed. Capitalism’s defenders sometimes say: […]
Midway between the second and third Democratic presidential debates, we should pause to take stock of what we’ve seen. Eight […]
Politicians talk a lot about farming but seldom about “pharming,” even though the latter can also have a big impact […]
Democratic socialism is considered a viable alternative, a “middle way” between unrestrained capitalism and the gulags of communism for many […]
“The Limits of Clean Energy” is the title of an article by Jason Hickel in Foreign Policy, with the sub-title […]
It’s hard to tell at this point if Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign is faltering because his ideas have gone from […]
On February 14, 2008, a Seattle Times article showed that almost 45 percent of the price of a home was […]
American presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Bill de Blasio are very concerned about robots taking people’s jobs. Yang has been touting his […]
August was not a good month for harm reduction advocates striving to save the lives of millions of smokers. Many […]
Every tax cut in recent decades has been denigrated as a trickle-down fraud (whose family tree also includes “voodoo” and […]
In 2019, 44.7 million student loan borrowers owed a sum of $1.56 trillion, an average of more than $34,000 per […]
In 2018, the federal government paid $357.3 billion in interest on the nation’s fiscal operating debt—$61 billion more than the […]
On the weekend of August 10–11, as if in chorus, major online news websites called on people to stop consuming […]