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It Wasn’t Just Flawed Forecasts, Dishonesty Has Also Hurt Economists

Dean Baker Center for Economic and Policy Research
Economists have seriously failed the public in important areas over the last three decades. And these failures played a role in fostering the upward redistribution of income over the last four decades. People have a right to be angry.

For Reality

Bill McKibben The Crucial Years
A few thoughts on the last day of the old world

A Public Model for Home Insurance

Moira Birss, MacKenzie Marcelin Dissent Magazine
We must reimagine our disaster risk finance system so it reduces exposure and provides protection fairly.

Running in Circles on Racial Justice

Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler LA Progressive
The reaction to racial justice is relentless and comes whenever strives are made to make the nation more inclusive.

Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat

Jason Linkins The New Republic
Liberals spent the president-elect’s first term trying and failing to kick him out of office. This time out, they need to turn the White House into a prison.

The TikTok Ban Won’t Help

Siddharth Suhas Shanbhag Convergence
The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling.

The Urgency of Interracial Solidarity in a Divided Nation

Brenda Victoria Castillo and Marc H. Morial Common Dreams
By pitting Black and Brown communities against each other, shadow actors promote the false notion that democracy and equality are in competition with each other, rather than shared objectives.
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