Over a third of GenZ and Millenials are using "peer to peer" fintech, digital banks -- PayPal, Venmo, Cash app, Zelle etc. -- as their primary checking account provider. That's nearly a trillion dollars in total of completely uninsured deposits.

American teacher Amado Sison after being shot by Israeli forces as he protested illegal West Bank settlements: “If Israeli soldiers are willing to shoot a non-violent unarmed American citizen…imagine the level of violence they direct at Palestinians when no one is there…”

This brings up an important point about wealth, what it means, and how we measure it! Workers like Walz with pensions don't need to accumulate assets to enjoy retirement security. People with rent control have no need to own a home to be secure in their housing. Etc.

🧵This clip is circulated as example of how low Israeli discourse sunk during the war, but imo its other way round: "Radio Rwanda" has been our background noise for decades. It's a cause, not consequence, of Israeli wanton cruelty in Gaza. Here's my journal entry from Nov 2007..

Great news!

Excepting Andrew Needham Sandeep Vaheesan and a couple recent others, most electrical histories (esp in the History of Technology; esp of the US) start in the 1880s and end by the 1930s. They focus above all on invention/innovation over use, political economy, etc. (1/4)

Was deregulation such a big deal? Did Law & Econ really play a major role in the legal academy? Has LPE exaggerated the victory of neoliberalism? Today, Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel Lozada respond to David Bernstein's recent critique of LPE. lpeproject.org/blog/the-great…

Tomorrow! Register for our live panel “Past, Present, and Future of Divesting from Militarism” at the link below and bring your friends! eventbrite.com/e/past-present…

Imagine writing this whole thread when

You, a fool: This is meaningless Me, wise: This is an immediate shift of 0.00043% of the entire Wyoming electorate!

We know this. We keep knowing this. We have to stop this.

The next step in the Hindu nationalist war on knowledge. Remember — Hindutva is built largely on fictions. How do you convince people to believe lies? Well, it helps if they lack access to information. livelaw.in/amp/high-court…

Good data point to mention when anyone suggests we are “post-neoliberalism”

Wow

🆕 It's time for policymakers to rethink the deficit obsession that has curtailed progressive priorities for decades. David Stein traces the rise of the deficit-hawk paradigm, arguing that it must go for us to achieve a high-care, low-carbon future. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/t…

Industry rewriting textbooks for its own ends seems to be a constant. This is what the power trust did a century ago.

Today, we're launching *From the Vault* - a series that will highlight some vintage posts from our archive. First up, antitrust, featuring Sanjukta Paul, Sandeep Vaheesan, Marshall Steinbaum 🔥, Brian Callaci, John Mark Newman, and a certain FTC Chair. lpeproject.org/blog/from-the-…

We sent our student editors into the blog mines, and they've returned with untold treasures. Beyond inflicting the pangs of nostalgia upon longtime readers, we're hoping that this series will offer a way in to various subjects for students and newer readers!

Just another ignorant take from the WSJ ed board: The supposed ineffectiveness of the RealPage-orchestrated collusion might reduce damages in private lawsuits but it is no defense against legal liability

Love to see the federal government fund clean energy investment by rural electric cooperatives. Unlike the New Deal's rural electrification program, this iteration features not just loans but also grants. usda.gov/media/press-re…