AI Creates a Counterfeit of Meaning
Commentary by Bhikkhu Sujato When there is something in you that needs saying, and you have a means of saying it, and there is someone to hear what you’re saying, meaning is created. It’s not…
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Low Wage Corporations Spent Half A Trillion
Inflating CEO Salaries Cinnebtary by Sarah Anderson Most of us believe in fair pay for honest work. So why aren’t low-wage workers better paid? After 30 years of research, I can tell you it’s not…
‘ The Tyranny of Merit ’
A 2020 interview with Michael Sandel about the populist backlash By Julian Coman Michael Sandel was 18 years old when he received his first significant lesson in the art of politics. The future philosopher was…
This Election is About the Rich Stealing
From the Public By Sonali Kolhatkar There are many issues on the line this election year but one that gets little attention is former President Donald Trump’s law that cut taxes on the wealthiest Americans…
Public Ownership of Public Goods
Don’t just soothe the profit motive. Kill it. By Hamilton Nolan You don’t get a bill when a fire truck comes to your house. You do get a bill when an ambulance comes to your…
Biology Lessons In Degrowth
By George Tsakraklides Pausing or stopping growth altogether is essential for all living organisms—and this is why every single species on this planet comes with genes that are dedicated to managing growth. Degrowth is an…
Permanent Housing with Few Rules
Colorado’s approach to solving chronic homelessness By Jennifer Brown As Solid Ground Apartments opens in Lakewood Colorado, it comes with proof of concept—giving people who are homeless a place to live, no strings attached, not…
Breaking Up With Capitalism
By Marjorie Kelly “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism,” wrote Mark Fisher in his 2009 book Capitalist Realism [quoting Fredric Jameson]. This sense pervades…
What If Labor Owned Its Workplaces?
An Interview with Alex Hemingway By David Moscrop Jacobin’s David Moscrop recently talked with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist and public finance policy analyst Alex Hemingway about his new cowritten report, Expanding Democratic…
Is It time to Reassess the Concept of Money?
By Stuart Kells In the classic 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life, depositors demand their money from a small-town building society. Its manager, George Bailey (in an unforgettable performance by James Stewart), explains that the…