Max B. Sawicky
@maxspeak.bsky.social
Hands off Venezuela!! Retired economist, looking for trouble. Social justice warlord. Who's afraid of the Intifada?
nytimes.com/2025/12/27/us/politics/trump-second-term-promises-actions.html An article like this makes me seriously consider cancelling my @nytimes sub.
Trump Promised Radical Change in His Second Term. Here’s What He’s Done So Far.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
nytimes.com/2025/12/27/us/politics/trump-second-term-promises-actions.html An article like this makes me seriously consider cancelling my @nytimes sub.
substack.com/home/post/p-... @washingtonpost sucking harder than ever.
Washington Post’s Trumpian Ideology Boils Over
It comes out strongly against healthcare and for global warming
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December 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
substack.com/home/post/p-... @washingtonpost sucking harder than ever.
sawicky.substack.com/p/christ-sto... "Christ Stopped at Eboli"
"Christ Stopped at Eboli"
This is a remarkable book that I keep thinking about.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
sawicky.substack.com/p/christ-sto... "Christ Stopped at Eboli"
sawicky.substack.com/p/questions-... Questions About Market Socialism, II
Questions About Market Socialism, II
"Socialism For Realists"
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December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
sawicky.substack.com/p/questions-... Questions About Market Socialism, II
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-th... Nice round-up by Krugman of something I touched upon the other day: MAGA's assault in coalition with Russia on the last redoubt of social-democracy in the world, the European Union.
Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
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December 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-th... Nice round-up by Krugman of something I touched upon the other day: MAGA's assault in coalition with Russia on the last redoubt of social-democracy in the world, the European Union.
wsj.com/arts-culture/television/billy-bob-thornton-landman-rants-smoking-ocd-taylor-sheridan-20eb28dc?mod=hp_featst_pos3 So Billy Bob Thornton actually believes the idiotic shit he says on Landman, basically acting like Taylor Sheridan's Howdy Doody.
Billy Bob Thornton Knows His Rants Are Red Meat for ‘Landman’ Fans
The actor, who plays an oil-company fixer, has become a mouthpiece for writer Taylor Sheridan
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December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
wsj.com/arts-culture/television/billy-bob-thornton-landman-rants-smoking-ocd-taylor-sheridan-20eb28dc?mod=hp_featst_pos3 So Billy Bob Thornton actually believes the idiotic shit he says on Landman, basically acting like Taylor Sheridan's Howdy Doody.
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sawicky.substack.com/.../us-democ.... U.S. Democratic Socialism Has A Future
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December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
sawicky.substack.com/.../us-democ.... U.S. Democratic Socialism Has A Future
sawicky.substack.com/.../us-democ.... U.S. Democratic Socialism Has A Future
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December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
sawicky.substack.com/.../us-democ.... U.S. Democratic Socialism Has A Future
What I've been saying about "Affordability," but better. portside.org/2025-11-30/o...
Opinion: Everyone Is Talking About Affordability — and Making the Same Mistake
Affordability – or the lack of it – is dominating the public discourse. “Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula,” proclaims Politico. “Trump tries to seize ‘afford...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What I've been saying about "Affordability," but better. portside.org/2025-11-30/o...
sawicky.substack.com/p/my-miami-m... My Miami month.
My Miami Month
We’re back from a month stay in Miami, helping out with the new grand-daughter (seven months old now).
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December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
sawicky.substack.com/p/my-miami-m... My Miami month.
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Last segment of Mostly Economics for 2025, with Jared Bernstein prod.cdn.everyaction.comemails/van/EA/
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November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Last segment of Mostly Economics for 2025, with Jared Bernstein prod.cdn.everyaction.comemails/van/EA/
I can't get over this photo, from the NY Times today. This was how air travel used to be. And I hate hate hate airports.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I can't get over this photo, from the NY Times today. This was how air travel used to be. And I hate hate hate airports.
The new Greg Grandin book that I've been reading and writing about, "America, América: A New History of the New World," puts a whole different spin on Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The new Greg Grandin book that I've been reading and writing about, "America, América: A New History of the New World," puts a whole different spin on Thanksgiving.
As always, if you know of a worthy book to be released, tip me off and I will pitch a review proposal to one of my usual outlets (Jacobin, In These Times, The Baffler, maybe The American Prospect.)
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As always, if you know of a worthy book to be released, tip me off and I will pitch a review proposal to one of my usual outlets (Jacobin, In These Times, The Baffler, maybe The American Prospect.)
jacobin.com/2025/11/publ... My latest in Jacobin. I review a new book on public school financing.
How to Fix Public School Financing
Far too many US public schools suffer from a lack of adequate funding. Solving the problem will require ending public education’s dependence on local property taxes, a funding mechanism that heavily r...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
jacobin.com/2025/11/publ... My latest in Jacobin. I review a new book on public school financing.
awicky.substack.com/p/america-america-a-new-history-of-1fd America, América: A New History of the New World, Part III
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November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
awicky.substack.com/p/america-america-a-new-history-of-1fd America, América: A New History of the New World, Part III
www.nytimes.com/.../trump-in.... The trend in Trumpian socialism
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November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
www.nytimes.com/.../trump-in.... The trend in Trumpian socialism
sawicky.substack.com/p/when-zohra... When Zohran Met Donald
When Zohran Met Donald
With a word on decommodification
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November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
sawicky.substack.com/p/when-zohra... When Zohran Met Donald
Looking for Qanon theories on what dark arts Zohran performed on Trump.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Looking for Qanon theories on what dark arts Zohran performed on Trump.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
sawicky.substack.com/p/america-am... America, América: A New History of the New World, Part II
America, América: A New History of the New World, Part II
[T]he Catholic bishop Anthony Durier gave a sermon that held that “by his Monroe Doctrine and his army of free men, Uncle Sam rules from ocean to ocean, from pole to pole.”— Greg Grandin
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November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
sawicky.substack.com/p/america-am... America, América: A New History of the New World, Part II
open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/... How Epstein rules America. Recycled.
How Epstein Rules America
There was a book by William Domhoff that garnered attention, back in the day, called “Who Rules America?” It wasn’t much in tune with Marxism so I paid it little mind.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/... How Epstein rules America. Recycled.
sawicky.substack.com/p/shutdown-a... Shutdown Aftermath
Shutdown Aftermath
Everybody I know is mad at Ezra for his ridiculous piece on Charlie Kirk, famous antisemite and racist who got what he wished on other people.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
sawicky.substack.com/p/shutdown-a... Shutdown Aftermath
Anybody who thinks replacing an ObamaCare subsidy with a tax credit is a fix has never had to buy group insurance. Which includes every member of Congress, by the way.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Anybody who thinks replacing an ObamaCare subsidy with a tax credit is a fix has never had to buy group insurance. Which includes every member of Congress, by the way.
The new "Frankenstein" on Netflix is a great film.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The new "Frankenstein" on Netflix is a great film.