Even though I almost never read fiction, I got talked into the Stieg Larsson crime thrillers starring a grown-up Pippi Longstocking Goth h...

One of the more popular posts recently was Tony' epic takedown of those who believe that money-lending is an unalloyed good.  That thi...

When Volkswagen was caught cheating on its emissions tests in USA, the vilification was widespread, not to mention expensive.  At the time,...

That Donald Trump believes windmills are ugly is enough to eliminate him from serious consideration in my mind. Especially considering the ...

Germany has set a goal to have 1-1.5 million electric cars on the road by 2020.  DW sets out to discover just how realistic such a goal is....

That a serious program for combatting climate change will cost at LEAST $100 trillion is a bedrock principle around here.  Even so, I alway...

Possibly the most stupid, embarrassing, social faux pas I have ever made came when I was in Finland trying to promote a book.  I was intro...

As part of my video project, I have created a graph that compares the big changes triggered by the ingenuity of the Industrial Revolution a...

Perhaps the least surprising news about economic "development" and climate change is that soon after a family in China (or similar...

Those of us who hail from the heterodox economic traditions keep wondering in some amazement at the persistence of neoliberal thought.  I m...

Ellen Brown probably knows more about the history of the various monetary debates that have swept USA since before it was a nation than anyo...

Julian Assange special: Do Wikileaks have the email that will put Hillary Clinton in prison? (E376) 6 Aug, 2016 Afshin Rattansi goes ...

Well, the scientists have once again delivered the very bad news—climate change is now definitely underway and these crazy-hot summers are ...

As a young political junkie, I used to watch the political conventions with an almost religious fervor.  I stayed up to watch Barry Goldwate...

After the financial crash of 2007-2008 caused an economic collapse, and after it became clear that the Bush and Obama administrations were ...

I first noticed Bill Neal's writing many, many years ago. He always has some startling insights or turns of phrases that make his articl...

One of the frustrations of looking at climate change from the perspective of the installed infrastructure, is realizing that compared to th...

On April 5 2016, someone posted a story on DailyKos assailing Senator Sanders’ claim that “the business model of Wall Street is fraud.” I...

As someone who was aware enough to be scared shitless by the Cold War, I find it distressing, to say the least, that there are those who th...

The Saker is not a big fan of the USA empire.  Anyone who has carefully followed the crimes of humanity carried out in the name of said emp...

The Full Monty , a film set in Sheffield England is a sad but whimsical account of how six unemployed steelworkers attempt to scare up some...