Capitalism
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The Economic History of the American Empire
Tracing the United States from a rural republic in 1790 to the largest economy, the author argues that American power rests on commodity extraction, construction and manufacturing built up through…
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Capsule Review: Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
A capsule review of Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies. The reviewer admires the writing but finds the semi-autobiographical narrator stuck in ‘inside the bubble wokeness’, thinks its appeal is narrow beyond…
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Stephen Bannon Speaks..
The author discusses Stephen Bannon’s 2014 Vatican conference remarks, noting his commitment to a global war with Islam and his elite-bashing, and argues that his ‘Judeo-Christian West’ history and economic…
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The doctor has no heart
A blog post quoting Dr Sandeep Jauhar’s account of American medicine as mercenary and demoralised, with commentary that his allegations may or may not hold, and that shortages of primary-care…
