Category Archives: Capitalism

Teslaspotting

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Naomi

The first Tesla I ever saw was parked on a street near City Hall in lower Manhattan. It was orange, I think, and striking enough in design so that passersby like me stopped to look at it. “Is that a … Continue reading →

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Why?why?why?why!?

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: [I]t was reported that entrepreneurs in Los Angeles raised more than $1 million to race human sperm along a 20-centimeter-long course. Let us stop revering The Entrepreneurs.

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And the answer is…”billionaire brain”

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Naomi

Paul Krugman gives us this taut definition in his newsletter today, in which he says we don’t have to make a decision as to whether Trump and Musk’s destruction is incompetent or evil. They are not mutually exclusive. As he … Continue reading →

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