Leigh Phillips
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I have a #LongRead piece (8,600 words, oof) out breaking down why Canada and Europe, despite their vaunted public healthcare systems, have failed miserably at a rapid vaccine rollout, yet
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Some thoughts on the Harper’s Letter, a thread: In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the willingness of a raft of actors left, centre and right, both
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With Michael Moore embracing eco-austerity calls to cut the living standards of Western workers still further after 40 yrs of wage restraint, time to give my left critique of degrowth
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Chinese GDP drop by 40% in up to April; a 30-50% drop in US GDP by summer. But all this, with all its horrendous socioeconomic outcomes, will still likely only
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There is a *lot* of this sort of thing going on right now: explicit state direction of industry, commandeering of production and outright nationalization.https://www.vox.com/2020/4/3/21207310/coronavirus-new-york-hospitals-andrew-cuomo In many if n
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