Category Archives: The War On Workers

The glory of empire…built by slaves, reparations and lut

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Naomi

Those of us who read Jane Austen are not startled to face facts about the British Empire’s centuries-old role in slavery. Although Austen’s references to slavery are muted, in both Mansfield Park (1814) and her last novel, Persuasion (1818), the … Continue reading →

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How far has AI taken us? This far

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Naomi

From Harper’s September 2021 Index: Percentage of Europeans who would prefer to have packages delivered by a robot or drone instead of a human: 35 Who would like to see artificial intelligence replace some of their legislative representatives: 51

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Today’s great sentence, from Paul Krugman

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Naomi

Paul Krugman is about the only person who can get me to understand macro-economics. If that’s what it’s called nowadays. You know, gigantic-scale things involving gigantic amounts of money. Today he takes on the new Biden tax proposal and a … Continue reading →

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