Por Kevin Carson. Artigo original: The Weird Correlation Between “Understanding Economics” and Payola, de 6 de outubro 2024. Traduzido para o português por Ruan L. Desde antes de nascermos, os textos defensores da tese segundo a qual “o aumento do salário mínimo causa desemprego” vêm sendo o cigarro Hollywood diário nos sites propagandistas do libertarianismo…

Di Kevin Carson. Originale pubblicato il 6 ottobre 2024 con il titolo The Weird Correlation Between “Understanding Economics” and Payola. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Molti di voi non erano neanche nati quando siti propagandistici libertari di destra come Foundation for Economic Education quasi hanno cominciato a pubblicare sviolinate quotidiane a base di numeri…

For more years than most of us have been alive, by-the-numbers “minimum wage increases cause unemployment” puff pieces have been an almost daily staple at right-libertarian propaganda sites like Foundation for Economic Education. As I remark every time I see one — more than once in written commentary — these people demonstrate a lack of…

At Foundation for Economic Education, Preston Brashers — commenting on a statement by Bernie Sanders that this country can’t afford a billionaire class which is at war with working families — replied (“What the Socialist Left Fails to Grasp about Wealth and Innovation in America,” June 28):  But when you consider the vital economic activities…

Oleh: Kevin Carson. Teks aslinya berjudul “Book Review: It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism.” DIterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia oleh Ameyuri Ringo. Bernie Sanders. It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism. With John Nichols (New York: Crown, 2023). Buku Sanders berfokus pada dua masalah yang harus dihadapi rakyat Amerika. Dia menyatakannya di awal sekali….

Di Kevin Carson. Articolo originale: The Economist Isn’t Just Phoning It In…, del 20 maggio 2023. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. A quanto pare è come un disco rotto. In un articolo del 13 aprile dal titolo “The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record”, l’Economist riesce a fare un collage di tutti i luoghi comuni neoliberali…

Sanders’ book centers on two tasks facing the American people. He states them at the outset. First: These Americans [the predominantly younger voters who supported Sanders’ candidacy] understand that proposals that tinker around the edges are an insufficient response to the enormous crises we face. For them, there is a rapidly growing recognition that this…

…It’s apparently an automated message. In “The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record” (Apr 13th), The Economist manages to regurgitate virtually every lazy neoliberal talking point in existence. The (unsigned) article sets out to demonstrate, contra the near-universal American perception that “the economy is broken,” that the American economy is actually a “stunning success story”…

There’s an old saying that when you see a turtle on top of a fencepost, you know it didn’t get up there on its own. In the official capitalist ideology — especially the version that prevails in neoliberal America — great wealth is seen as the reward for superior entrepreneurship, foresight and personal drive. As…