Category Archives: Comparative Systems and Constitutions
EMAILS SHOW JEB BUSH COORDINATED WITH FLORIDA LEGISLATURE FOR FAVORABLE PRIMARY DATE
Emails obtained by The Intercept via a public records request reveal Jeb Bush closely coordinating with the Florida legislature to schedule Florida’s 2016 presidential primary in a way most favorable for Bush. State Representative Matt Gaetz wrote to Bush on January 2 that he is “concerned … Continue reading
Ancient to Modern Mashriq
Ancient to Modern Mashriq March 29, 2015Editor from Ali Kadri The earliest places to develop into sedentary cultures were to be found in the present-day Mashriq (Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia) pursuant to the early agricultural revolution. The crevice at the end … Continue reading
WHY WAS AN FBI JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE TRACKING A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST?
Members of an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force tracked the time and location of a Black Lives Matter protest last December at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, email obtained by The Intercept shows. The email from David S. Langfellow, a St. Paul police … Continue reading
Inside the Neo-Liberal Mind Parts 1 and 2
Inside the neoliberal mind part 1 – the rebranding of failure. March 24, 2015merijnknibbe Troika economists have a problem. It’s huge: cutting wages clearly did not work as intended, which goes against their deepest convictions. In such a situation people tend to … Continue reading
TAIWAN LOBBYIST WROTE REPUBLICAN PARTY RESOLUTION CALLING FOR MORE WEAPONS FOR TAIWAN
When the Republican National Committee convened in Chicago last August for its annual summer meeting, it unanimously approved a resolutionurging the White House to supply a host of weapons, ranging from submarines to advanced warplanes, to the island nation of Taiwan. … Continue reading
Economics as Superstructure
Economics as Superstructure March 26, 2015Editor Norbert Häring‘s presentation for the seminar “Economics and Power” on 23 March 2015, House of Lords, London: Ladies and Gentlemen, To pay tribute to the Marxist jargon, in which Lord Skidelsky has phrased the title … Continue reading
Why Paul Krugman is no real Keynesian
Why Paul Krugman is no real Keynesian March 26, 2015Editor from Lars Syll Keynes’s insights have enormous practical importance, according to Lance Taylor and Duncan Foley (who jointly received the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought at Tufts … Continue reading