Econ prof | author Mastering the Universe, Bit Tyrants, Capitalism vs Freedom | house economist @curaffairs | AFT 2196 | steal from the rich & drink to the poor
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The world's cursed by war and on fire with climate change, and it's all for the benefit of a tiny rogue's gallery of stinking rich bastards. Announcing my new book on the ruling class, Mastering the Universe from
@haymarketbooks. Out in Aug, pre-order now!
bookshop.org/p/books/masteri…
In line with long historical practice, capitalist markets are already punishing the people of Brazil with capital flight, yanking assets from the country and making it far harder for the government to meet the public’s demands
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So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?
Elon Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in modern American history.
Musk poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress. wapo.st/4igb5Kq
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Not only was Hitler far right, many historians have pointed out that his rise to power largely depended on cooperation from more moderate conservatives and powerful capitalists who shared the Nazi's fear of socialism and hatred of Weimar democracy...
Dear god, yeah so the New Deal was a social contract because it was institutionalized through Social Security and Medicare and paid for collectively. “I give you dimes when I feel like it” is not a social contract, you degraded bootlicking toadies
I’m in the Jacobin today! Have a weekend read about the sad waste of the Google antitrust cases and the hot new trend of successfully suing Facebook
This year has seen the resolution of major suits against tech giants Alphabet and Meta, both of which were found liable for serious lawbreaking.
Yet the penalties imposed on the corporations are laughably inadequate to restrain their power. jacobin.com/2026/10/big-tech…
No work getting done thanks to a certain fool who will fully lay on my arm for uncomfortably long periods.
Happy weekend to those who celebrate
Rob Larson retweeted
there's evidence that the use of AI in schools is delivering the opposite of "intellectual flourishing"—maybe in some bubbles the use of these models is leading to more reading and philosophical debates but I'm inclined to think that's an exception to the rule
