#Labor

Dr. Stalin Dude

lum_fish

This whole AOC/M4A conversation is, per usual, missing the forest for the trees -- if reps have no power and thus have no need to challenge or put up votes,

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: August 9, 1910. The first patent for the electric washing machine is issued. Let's use this as a jumping off point to explore one of

Raúl Carrillo

RaulACarrillo

If Minsky were alive rn, he'd be writing about "platform manager capitalism", rooted in control of informational space, permanent monitoring of users & rivals, & the use of tech to

Mark Szakonyi

MarkSzakonyi

No doubt that infections of dockworkers is contributing to a loss of LA-LB port productivity but worries that it's going to shut down the port seem overblown. https://bit.ly/39dEjHv This is

Edward Ongweso Jr

bigblackjacobin

The international reporting on the gig economy is really just some of the best. Almost impossible for any trace of homegrown PR narratives to thrive for a second when confronted

BK

26MoreLives

Dear all'Mustn’t Criticise Albo/Labor Because Otherwise We’ll End Up With Conservatives Again'n.b.Spare me that fatuous, bvllshit analysis.You seriously believe believe that the majority of voters care about lefty in-fighting?Re

Chad Loder

chadloder

A good thread, but American protesters do not have anything like the social safety net, labor rights, and health care that French protesters do.US protesters who miss work, get injured,

Oren Cass

oren_cass

This @mattyglesias thread illustrates well the weakness of the "tight labor markets, loose borders" position. One bad sign is his failure to link to the article he's criticizing, which helpfully

Silence Dogood, MBA

familyman20181

Here is a short rant.The Federal Reserve is actively trying to destroy their own system because they know the gig is up. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently came out

Sophie B Hawkins VEVO

tonyahardingjr

Here's the thing about The Professor Is In, and I will truly leave it at that: academia is the greatest constant source of untapped--and frankly, failed--labor solidarity and power that

Brad Lemley

BradCLemley

I can think of nothing more salutary for modern people than remaining connected to hard physical labor. Friend and I poured a slab in my backyard yesterday. In a flush

Adam Ozimek

ModeledBehavior

A lot of people seem comforted by the Fed downplaying NAIRU as sufficient to prevent hiking too soon in the future, but I think this is affected by recency bias....

Gray "serial millennial myth debunker" Kimbrough

graykimbrough

If we take this methodology seriously, we should also apply it to TV/movies/streaming time.This yields the big claims that TV and streaming technology *decreased* significantly from 2004 to 2017, and

Heather M. Collins

heathersdesk

Seeing a lot of white folks talking about people on the right calling for civility and forgiveness now that Trump has lost, and the visceral rejection of any possibility of

Just a figment of your imagination

steph_veras

For the sake of education: there’s a chemical in semen called prostaglandin that can give you cramping and diarrhea. Women produce that same chemical during the menstrual cycle, which is

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

Yeah unquestionably they reinforce each other. No question. One interesting thing is that Americans tend to think about this as driven mainly by the South. There’s a lot of truth

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