Austerity, says Clara Mattei, is made up of three main spheres: fiscal, monetary, and industrial policy. It wasn’t born of the neoliberalism of the late 1970s. As policy, it can be traced back to the period following the Bolshevik revolution and World War One, when socialism was capturing the imagination of the international working class.  Austerity …
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There is no real entrée into the world of the elite, but you won’t know it until you arrive, exhausted, at the locked door, chased by all the angry working people who think you’ve found the key.
Austerity is Neoliberals answer to almost all economic problems
Regardless of what the media tries to tell us, there are only two real-world reasons prices are rising at this time: disruption to the supply chain and capital retaliation.Â
Inflation has caused great economic harm many times and in many places around the world throughout history. But, where we’re stood now, is this time and place one where inflation should be a concern?Â
In Flint, Part 1, we looked at what happened in Flint, Michigan, and the state government measures that highly impacted the residents. We continue now with part 2, which looks at the environmental racism and economic disparities and asks whether the Green New Deal could have protected the city.
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The similarities of colonial Britain and the politics in American society today are brought to light by examining a centuries-old satirical essay, A Modest Proposal.
