Economics professor, author of Bit Tyrants and Capitalism vs Freedom, house economist Current Affairs. AFT local 2196. Steal from the rich and drink to the poor
Major outrage in the business pages today as the administration has told railroads that their literally miles-long train consists must be run by (checks notes) more than one (1) worker
The five biggest tech platforms are sitting on $570 billion in cash. The total projected cost to replace all the lead water pipes in America is $28 to $47 billion
I’m on the top of the Jacobin today dissecting the Dept of Justice lawsuit against Apple Inc! Corporate tyranny, market power-mongering, weak-ass antitrust law—you’ll want to take a juicy bite out of this
https://jacobin.com/2024/04/antitrust-apple-doj-big-tech
Wisdom of the West: Spend 30 years outsourcing all production to China for cheap products, then spend the next 30 tearing down every cell tower or harbor crane with Chinese parts because maybe it has Maoism mind-control modules
Really appreciate it when deficit hawks explicitly frame the issue as “Your grandma’s small checks are costing us money we could use for blowing up poor foreigners”
Enjoyed learning today that I’m helping pay for a previously-undisclosed US base in the Kingdom of Jordan, as well as one in Syria designated “Conoco mission support site”
