Southern History Month 2019: Review: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry
A book review of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry
Economy
Southern History Month 2019: Review: Michael Lind’s Land of Promise
A book review of Michael Lind’s Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
The Week: Are Robots Coming For Your Jobs?
Automation has been a constant in American history
Southern History Month 2019: Review: C. Vann Woodward’s Origins of the New South, 1877-1913
A book review of C. Vann Woodward’s Origins of the New South, 1877-1913
Axios: Trump Dreams About a $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
The people he surrounds himself with are the definitive proof that Blompf has utterly no clue what he is doing
Axios: America’s Hidden Gig Economy
The gig economy is skewing employment statistics because all jobs are not created equal
Tucker Carlson Is Open To Endorsing Andrew Yang’s Presidential Campaign
Tucker Carlson is open to endorsing any candidate thst deeply thinks about automation
It’s Going Down: Against Automation, Against UBI, Against Capital
The anarchists are finally beginning to catch up with reality
Entrepreneur: Robots Are Stealing Our Jobs
A recent study predicts automation will eliminate 73 million jobs by 2030
Trump: In Every Respect, This Country Is Doing Well
You’re thriving under Trump. Life has never been better
Southern History Month 2019: Central Appalachia’s Extractive Economy
How Central Appalachia was ravaged, exploited and underdeveloped by free-market capitalism
Southern History Month 2019: Southern Manufacturing Job Losses Since WTO and NAFTA
The economic impact of free-trade on Southern manufacturing since the passage of NAFTA and the WTO
Trump: Real GDP Grew At 3.2% Last Quarter
What is GDP even measuring? It sure isn’t well-being
Southern History Month 2019: Firesale Prices: The Decimation of the Southern Public Domain
How the Southern forests were stripped bare and looted by Northern and European capitalists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Bernie Sanders Calls Out Boomerism
Son, back in my day I worked my way through college
Trump: The Stock Market Has Hit An All-Time High!
NO COLLUSION!
Stephen Moore: America Needs More Of These Immigrants
Blompf’s supply-side economists make the case for more high skilled immigration
Elon Musk: Owning Any Car But a Tesla In Three Years Will Be Like Owning a Horse
Tesla is planning on launching a million robotaxis
Southern History Month 2019: The Railroad Trust of The New South
In the early 20th century, a privately owned railroad network under free-market capitalism kept the Southern economy in thrall to Northern Robber Barons
Live Thread: Andrew Yang Arrives In Los Angeles
#YangGang rallies in Los Angeles
Axios: The Corruption of Laissez-Faire Capitalism
It doesn’t work well either in theory or practice
Southern History Month 2019: The Great Revolt of the Rednecks
In the Mississippi of the 1890s, populists began to revolt against the conservative Bourbon Democrats, and eventually elected Gov. James K. Vardaman as their “Great White Chief.” He later became a US Senator from Mississippi
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Behold, you’re living in the world of the Last Man
AI Superpowers: Copycats In The Coliseum
China is poised to implement and reap the benefits of the AI revolution
MIGA: Trump Administration Blocks Chinese Companies From Building Infrastructure In The U.S.
It is a threat to our “national security”
The AI Future Has Finally Arrived
The robots are coming
Live Thread: Andrew Yang Arrives In The ATL
#YangGang rallies in Atlanta
Goldilocks Unmasked
We’re crushing it on the economy
TAC: Aristopopulism During Holy Week
Patrick Deneen is working on a post-liberal paradigm for a post-modern future
The Creeping AI Economic Revolution Is Here
The 21st century economy is rolling out before your eyes
Southern History Month 2019: Sharecropping
Sharecropping in the South was abolished in a generation by technology and investment
Southern History Month 2019: Mechanization
Technology and investment abolished sharecropping in the South