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How Much is Too Much?

2 weeks ago William Owens

If it were a perfect world, I would like to think that the most recent…

a new Fed chair… maybe but probably not.

1 month ago annieli

The usual handicapping for a new Fed Chair is happening, but likely it’s too early….

Biden on top of his game: Snuffs out GOP narrative blaming rescue plan for fewer jobs created.

1 month ago Egberto Willies

Joe Biden did not allow the GOP to drive a narrative blaming the rescue plan…

Krugman: If Biden passes the American Families Plan, Republicans are screwed

1 month ago Mastergardener2k

The raison d'être of the Republican Party for much of the past 100 years has…

Previous guy declares himself 'deadbeat dad of the vaccine' and those 400,000 deaths

2 months ago Mastergardener2k

Charlie McCarthy’s cousin, Kevin claimed POTUS Biden’s speech could have been an email, as previous…

Minerva @ Midnight: Economy Deficit Disorder

2 months ago annieli

More attention should be paid to an economy that might be in trouble this summer…

Stephanie Kelton: Biden can go bigger, but they must understand MMT & inflation.

2 months ago Egberto Willies

I read “Biden Can Go Bigger and Not ‘Pay for It’ the Old Way” by…

“Politics is downstream from culture”

3 months ago annieli

Who knew, Big Tech is corporate communism, which may explain why there should be a…

previous guy keeping the grift going with more nonsense interviews

3 months ago annieli

Lost relevance continues with more of the same Trump delusions up-chucking soon, signaled by the…

Liberal economists Krugman & Summers battle on the American Rescue Plan. One belongs in GOP?

3 months ago Egberto Willies

On this panel, Paul Krugman gets it right as Larry Summers continues his attack on…

Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: the Climate Crisis has weak carbon markets and lagging technology

4 months ago annieli

The sparse number of actual carbon capture and sequestration projects plus weak carbon markets amplify the…

Will Texas electric grid catastrophe end post-Reagan failed economics? I don't like Krugman's answer

4 months ago Egberto Willies

We must make the Texas Catastrophe the nail-in-the-coffin for post-Reagan failed economics. Economist Paul Krugman…

A Quick Note On Naomi Klein and Joe Biden

4 months ago RETIII

I’ve always admired Naomi Klein since reading her terrific and insightful book “The Shock Doctrine: The…

STRIKE 3 for Texas Conservatism. Economist Richard Wolff discusses The Sickness is the System

4 months ago Egberto Willies

We must make the Texas Electric grid failure strike 3. Economist & Professor Dr. Richard…

Still MIA: exactly what authorities or expertise do supposedly reasonable Republicans rely upon?

4 months ago RETIII

For obvious reasons, most of the press initially swooned when Senator Collins, Romney, et al. made…

geeks, creators, mops, sociopaths on 1/6

4 months ago annieli

“Can anyone honestly say that if some of those in the mob with zip ties,…

“Marty, you're not thinking four-dimensionally”

5 months ago annieli

M-i-c-k-e-y, Why because we like it. M-M-MMT. “We collectively decide just what counts as a…

Kooky pro-GOP pollster Trafalgar actually has Warnock and Ossoff ahead

6 months ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

I haven’t been paying real close attention to the Georgia runoff polling. For one thing,…

“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part 6

6 months ago annieli

This post in the Anticapitalist Chat supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. #GoodMorningMarx…

Trump's goading toward war or Iran's waiting for a new nuclear agreement after January

7 months ago annieli

Trump really wants Iran to do something stupid before he leaves office, whether it’s a…

GA-Sen A & B: Paul Krugman, “A Republican Senate Would Be Bad for Business”

7 months ago Sam Sero

This has been a busy post-election week for me at work and I have a…

Looks like we're going to win. Pound sand, Trumpers, on the banks of a river in Egypt

7 months ago annieli

It hasn’t been called yet, but the signs are there and Biden-Harris will speak to…

the Coup that couldn't shoot down Fifth Avenue

7 months ago annieli

CNN is now framing a narrative that Biden’s victory is inevitable, with “gap-closing” in several…

the 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot returns, GOP operatives protest at Michigan counting site

7 months ago annieli

Brooks Brothers riot of intimidation returns from 2000: x Wow. Actually identical now to the…

Fortunately, Trump might not ever appear “ahead” on Tuesday night, because hoaxes and fake news

7 months ago annieli

Trump’s hoaxes and fake news have become so normalized as iterated false claims, that we…

Can Biden win one of these states: AZ/FL/GA/NC/PA… Yes we can! GOTV

8 months ago annieli

The name of the anonymous author of op-eds criticizing the operation of the White House,…

“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part deux

8 months ago annieli

This story supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. This covers chapters 11-14….

AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Après moi, le déluge. Schumpeter's gale, herd immunity as 'dangerous fallacy'

8 months ago annieli

Larry Kudlow continues the underlying theme of Trumpian nihilism and its trickle-down contagion of pixie…

“Biden maintains a 10-point lead over Trump in the latest WaPo/ABC poll, 53% to 43%”

9 months ago annieli

An even more desperate Trump is on the golf course today, and the polling results…

Independent economic analysis: A Trump loss would be far better for the economy

9 months ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

I’ll never understand why people think Republican presidents — and Republicans in general — are…

Trumpian dissonance in Ohio speech: the phantom 2018 middle-class tax cut has returned

9 months ago annieli

Trump went to Ohio today to draw attention away from what will continue to be…

Trump admitted his coronavirus plan is to let millions die to achieve herd immunity

9 months ago annieli

Recent Trump appearances have revealed that his giving lip service to vaccines has remained secondary to a…

Anticapitalist MeetUp 13 September – an Introduction to Anticapitalism

9 months ago annieli

Periodically, ACM readers might want an introduction to anticapitalism. This emerges because of the disinformation propagated…