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"Who's afraid of the Democratic Socialists?" and...
"Socialism is emerging as the populist alternative on the left."
from the pages of The Economist, September 15, 2025
#Mamdani
"Socialism is emerging as the populist alternative on the left."
from the pages of The Economist, September 15, 2025
#Mamdani
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Who's afraid of the Democratic Socialists?" and...
"Socialism is emerging as the populist alternative on the left."
from the pages of The Economist, September 15, 2025
#Mamdani
"Socialism is emerging as the populist alternative on the left."
from the pages of The Economist, September 15, 2025
#Mamdani
Most so-called pronatalist policies in the U.S. seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment. They also ignore child poverty.
#feminist
#childpoverty
#pronatalism
www.dollarsandsense.org/more-babies-...
#feminist
#childpoverty
#pronatalism
www.dollarsandsense.org/more-babies-...
September 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Most so-called pronatalist policies in the U.S. seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment. They also ignore child poverty.
#feminist
#childpoverty
#pronatalism
www.dollarsandsense.org/more-babies-...
#feminist
#childpoverty
#pronatalism
www.dollarsandsense.org/more-babies-...
Home care workers are now getting an official kick in the butt-they will no longer be guaranteed minimum wage or overtime protections. Evelyn Coke won a 2007 court case that laid a legal foundation for such guarantees. Keep her face in mind and push back.
#care
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#care
tinyurl.com/5xs5ehxk
August 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Home care workers are now getting an official kick in the butt-they will no longer be guaranteed minimum wage or overtime protections. Evelyn Coke won a 2007 court case that laid a legal foundation for such guarantees. Keep her face in mind and push back.
#care
tinyurl.com/5xs5ehxk
#care
tinyurl.com/5xs5ehxk
Work requirements as a bogus strategy for reducing Medicaid costs that will hurt low-income families.
www.revaluingcare.org/the-stealthy...
www.revaluingcare.org/the-stealthy...
June 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Work requirements as a bogus strategy for reducing Medicaid costs that will hurt low-income families.
www.revaluingcare.org/the-stealthy...
www.revaluingcare.org/the-stealthy...
Why and how public health insurance for low-income families in the U.S. has become a political football among Republicans.
www.revaluingcare.org/medicaid-foo...
www.revaluingcare.org/medicaid-foo...
June 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Why and how public health insurance for low-income families in the U.S. has become a political football among Republicans.
www.revaluingcare.org/medicaid-foo...
www.revaluingcare.org/medicaid-foo...
The culling of human employees in favor of artificial intelligence is gathering pace. Microsoft is planning to fire thousands of workers, particularly in sales, as part of the company’s latest move to terminate employees amid heavy spending on AI.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
June 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The culling of human employees in favor of artificial intelligence is gathering pace. Microsoft is planning to fire thousands of workers, particularly in sales, as part of the company’s latest move to terminate employees amid heavy spending on AI.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A surprising number of posters at No King's marches emphasized care, kindness, empathy. I'm putting together a "show" on this theme. Please message me if you have one to share.
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A surprising number of posters at No King's marches emphasized care, kindness, empathy. I'm putting together a "show" on this theme. Please message me if you have one to share.
Many great posters at the local No King's March in Greenfield, MA. This simple message held up by one of my neighbors, a retired school teacher and principal, really grabbed me.
June 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Many great posters at the local No King's March in Greenfield, MA. This simple message held up by one of my neighbors, a retired school teacher and principal, really grabbed me.
Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First.
Just settled on this title with University of California Press.
Now "in production."
Below: visual guide to transforming money into well-being.
Just settled on this title with University of California Press.
Now "in production."
Below: visual guide to transforming money into well-being.
June 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First.
Just settled on this title with University of California Press.
Now "in production."
Below: visual guide to transforming money into well-being.
Just settled on this title with University of California Press.
Now "in production."
Below: visual guide to transforming money into well-being.
Another experiment with Shepard Fairey's meme generator.
Check out his website: "Manufacturing Quality Dissent Since 1989" at
obeygiant.com
Check out his website: "Manufacturing Quality Dissent Since 1989" at
obeygiant.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Another experiment with Shepard Fairey's meme generator.
Check out his website: "Manufacturing Quality Dissent Since 1989" at
obeygiant.com
Check out his website: "Manufacturing Quality Dissent Since 1989" at
obeygiant.com
Why attack Harvard?
Because, as George Orwell explained in his prescient vision of an authoritarian future, any search for truth threatens the powers that be.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
Because, as George Orwell explained in his prescient vision of an authoritarian future, any search for truth threatens the powers that be.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
May 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why attack Harvard?
Because, as George Orwell explained in his prescient vision of an authoritarian future, any search for truth threatens the powers that be.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
Because, as George Orwell explained in his prescient vision of an authoritarian future, any search for truth threatens the powers that be.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
Check out Shepard Fairey's Meme Generator. His portrait captures Essence of Trump. You can lay in your favorite slogan on the image. One could even use it to print out stickers...
imgflip.com/memegenerato...
imgflip.com/memegenerato...
May 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Check out Shepard Fairey's Meme Generator. His portrait captures Essence of Trump. You can lay in your favorite slogan on the image. One could even use it to print out stickers...
imgflip.com/memegenerato...
imgflip.com/memegenerato...
Hello U.S.! Want parents? Give them time to do their job. New social cost-benefit analysis shows that paid family leave generates returns at least 7 times greater than its costs.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
May 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Hello U.S.! Want parents? Give them time to do their job. New social cost-benefit analysis shows that paid family leave generates returns at least 7 times greater than its costs.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
Terrific Paul Krugman post on what a decent way to reduce fraud and raise tax revenue would look like.
The title misleads--nothing on spending priorities (yet).
What a Decent Budget Would Look Like open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
I swapped illustration (swiped from elsewhere).
The title misleads--nothing on spending priorities (yet).
What a Decent Budget Would Look Like open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
I swapped illustration (swiped from elsewhere).
May 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Terrific Paul Krugman post on what a decent way to reduce fraud and raise tax revenue would look like.
The title misleads--nothing on spending priorities (yet).
What a Decent Budget Would Look Like open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
I swapped illustration (swiped from elsewhere).
The title misleads--nothing on spending priorities (yet).
What a Decent Budget Would Look Like open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
I swapped illustration (swiped from elsewhere).
Tariffs for breakfast!
The new tariff regime includes what is effectively a sales tax of 10% on coffee and bananas. As though we should grow more of our own?
The new tariff regime includes what is effectively a sales tax of 10% on coffee and bananas. As though we should grow more of our own?
May 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tariffs for breakfast!
The new tariff regime includes what is effectively a sales tax of 10% on coffee and bananas. As though we should grow more of our own?
The new tariff regime includes what is effectively a sales tax of 10% on coffee and bananas. As though we should grow more of our own?
We have a long history of "woke" in this country.
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We have a long history of "woke" in this country.
For the fave protest messages archive.
May 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For the fave protest messages archive.
New restrictions on legal immigration, combined with rapid deportation of the undocumented, will likely worsen already painful shortfalls of paid health care, elder care, and child care services in the U.S. www.revaluingcare.org/the-immigran...
January 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New restrictions on legal immigration, combined with rapid deportation of the undocumented, will likely worsen already painful shortfalls of paid health care, elder care, and child care services in the U.S. www.revaluingcare.org/the-immigran...
If only there were more Good Companies following the principles so clearly explained in this new book by Lenore Palladino.
I might be patting them on the head and rubbing them behind the ears.
Meanwhile...check out this great guide to reforming The Corporation.
I might be patting them on the head and rubbing them behind the ears.
Meanwhile...check out this great guide to reforming The Corporation.
December 21, 2024 at 5:28 PM
If only there were more Good Companies following the principles so clearly explained in this new book by Lenore Palladino.
I might be patting them on the head and rubbing them behind the ears.
Meanwhile...check out this great guide to reforming The Corporation.
I might be patting them on the head and rubbing them behind the ears.
Meanwhile...check out this great guide to reforming The Corporation.
Marginal children: child support guidelines and the (de)value of care
Traditional child support models underestimate the cost of raising children by ignoring unpaid care work and shared living expenses.
At Revaluing Care in the Global Economy website: www.revaluingcare.org/marginal-chi...
Traditional child support models underestimate the cost of raising children by ignoring unpaid care work and shared living expenses.
At Revaluing Care in the Global Economy website: www.revaluingcare.org/marginal-chi...
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Marginal children: child support guidelines and the (de)value of care
Traditional child support models underestimate the cost of raising children by ignoring unpaid care work and shared living expenses.
At Revaluing Care in the Global Economy website: www.revaluingcare.org/marginal-chi...
Traditional child support models underestimate the cost of raising children by ignoring unpaid care work and shared living expenses.
At Revaluing Care in the Global Economy website: www.revaluingcare.org/marginal-chi...