A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland(theconversation.com)

3 points by valeg 1 year ago | 0 comments

Does intermittent fasting have benefits for our brain?(theconversation.com)

7 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 2 comments

Is capitalism dead? Yanis Varoufakis thinks it is – and he knows who killed it(theconversation.com)

40 points by zdw 2 years ago | 29 comments

Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report(theconversation.com)

139 points by LinuxBender 3 years ago | 76 comments

Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they're so hard to end(theconversation.com)

21 points by rntn 1 year ago | 3 comments

Does employer have to tell if they're spying on you through your work computer?(theconversation.com)

23 points by hker 3 years ago | 40 comments

Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor Are Further Removed from Prosperity(lusopt2016.blogspot.com)

6 points by inandout 19 hours ago | 0 comments

A Portuguese-language blog post discussing why global economic inequality between rich and poor keeps widening, citing technology, cost of living, and billionaire wealth.

Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals(ft.com)

447 points by kvee 1 year ago | 2007 comments

Financial Times article examining why the US economy is outperforming other major economies, shown behind a subscription paywall.

California is chasing wealth that has feet(blog.landeconomics.org)

251 points by idbnstra 1 month ago | 673 comments

A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.

Governments are mishandling the affordability crisis(economist.com)

73 points by andsoitis 14 days ago | 70 comments

An Economist finance and economics article arguing that governments are mishandling the affordability crisis; the page showed an access-restricted notice.

The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level(libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)

423 points by loughnane 3 months ago | 438 comments

A New York Fed Liberty Street Economics blog post analyzing the post-COVID decline in the US labor share of income.

Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy(theatlantic.com)

359 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 401 comments

An Atlantic Ideas essay by Rogé Karma arguing private equity now controls about one-fifth of the U.S. market, largely invisible to investors, media, and regulators.