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Inflation Dos and Don’ts

Joseph E. Stiglitz , Dean Baker Project Syndicate
Today’s inflation is driven largely by supply-side constraints, which call for supply-side solutions. Such measures would do as much to tame higher prices as limited increases in interest rates would, and they would not come at the expense of American workers and the broader economy.

Uber Broke Laws, Duped Police and Secretly Lobbied Governments, Leak Reveals

Harry Davies, Simon Goodley, Felicity Lawrence, Paul Lewis and Lisa O'Carroll The Guardian
More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian, Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne, Emmanuel Macron secretly aided Uber lobbying in France, texts reveal, Company used ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data, Former Uber CEO told executives ‘violence guarantees success’

NATO and the Construction of the Enemy

Marga Ferré transform! europe
The two super-structural ideas used to justify western militarism, culturally and ideologically, are the construction of “The Other” that must be fought, and the racist supremacy used to do so. 

Inequality, Power and Class: Why Language Matters

Celine-Marie Pascale Inequality
A century after violent efforts to suppress resistance to class exploitation, the nation has learned to think about people and the economy with a language that favors the wealthy and elides issues of power.

The Wagner Group Is Just the Latest Example of Privatized War

Lawrence Wittner History News Network
The problem of mercenary operations seems unlikely to be solved without a substantial strengthening of international security institutions, among them the United Nations. Are the nations of the world willing to take this step?

The Supreme Court v. Religious Liberty

Elliot Mincberg The Hill
For those who are not adherents of the Religious Right, this Court has seriously harmed religious liberty and may do even more harm in the future.