"Ever-worsening conditions in supply-chain jobs have made Britain’s shortages inevitable, and a pay rise for lorry drivers won’t end them, says the Guardian’s special correspondent Felicity Lawrence"

"Understanding the shifting balance of social forces, interest groups and political factions is essential to see how China escaped the shock therapy that brought down the Soviet Union."

"A recent viral news story reported that a generation of young men is abandoning college. The pattern has deep roots."

"The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere."

"The House Ways and Means Committee’s proposal to pay for trillions in social spending leaves wealth gains and inheritances largely alone. It focuses instead on a more traditional target: income."

"Details of the legislation show higher taxes for companies and the wealthy, but key elements differ from the Senate and White House proposals."

"We must prepare to deal with future health crises in a world beset by nationalism and rivalry."

Totally agree with this piece on why the tax and spending fights should have been decoupled from the outset and why stitching them together in the name of ‘fiscal responsibility’ “serves as a fiscal straitjacket tightening around the Biden _...Read More_

"The mandates are probably legal, but that doesn’t mean that a right-wing judiciary will uphold them."

>"The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror."

"Talk about bringing receipts. This article calls out companies that are lobbying against corporate tax changes and cites multiple studies (including ITEP’s) that highlight how multinationals exploit loopholes to dodge taxes."

"Congressional committees this week begin drafting tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to pay for a $3.5 trillion social policy bill, but the targets are putting up a fight."

"The tragedy of the commons is a problem that seems to be rooted in society. Although its effects have clearly been mitigated when addressed, they are not always eradicated. In current times, one…"

"The global aftershocks of Covid-19 and the economic crisis it caused, explained."

>"Five committees will start drafting the components of Democrats’ far-reaching legislation in an arduous process that could take several days."