The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
Issue 234
4 articles
The Elusive Search for "the Capital" in Capital Gains
If the Republicans have their way, Congress will soon enact another hefty cut in the capital gains tax. That proposal
Teaching About Stocks for Fun and Propaganda
[seealso id="1"] Every year, more than a million U.S. primary, middle, and high school students play
Genetic Engineering and the Privatization of Seeds
In 1998, angry farmers burned Monsanto-owned fields in Karnataka, India, starting a nationwide "Cremate Monsanto" campaign. The