socialism versus neoliberalism

government interference in economy. neoliberalism = one dollar one vote; socialism = rising living standards for everyone. socialism = tight labor markets neoliberals open up to foreign investment and foreign trade, cut taxes on businesses, prioritize corporations, corporate trade agreements, patents and copyrights, monopolies and oligopolies,

this week on Twitter: I didn't really get

I did get that Neera Tanden, Joy Reid and the Eight Percenters went after the Women's March convention in Detroit for asking Sanders to speak the first night.

Women's March on making Bernie opening speaker: “We all know how busy women leaders are”

Chapo Trap House guys made a joke that upset people. They apologized and I still don't know what it was. Something about rape and Bill Cosby within the context of Harvey Weinstein. They deleted it.

Dan Harmon got pilloried for something he tweeted after some of his fans rioted over McDonalds running out of their Szechuan sauce during a one day promotion. Genius marketing on their part. All that money they don't pay their workers well spent on marketing. Packets from McDonalds going for a grand on eBay. Late capitalism culture at its finest.

Sarah Silverman: I Love You, America

crappy recovery; WWII mobilization

We’re About to Fall Behind the Great Depression by David Leonhardt

review of of Mark Wilson’s Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II. by JW Mason

Socialism for the 21st Century

Socialism for the 21st Century by John Quiggin

Coates

How Ta-Nehisi Coates Gives White Supremacy Power by THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS

global economy: no wage gains, Wren-Lewis

Global Economy’s Stubborn Reality: Plenty of Work, Not Enough Pay 

Economists: too much ideology, too little craft by Simon Wren-Lewis

rebuilding Democratic Party

The Wrong Way to Rebuild the Democratic Party by Leah Hunt-Hendrix