A pretty good explanation. Source: Medicare for All: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube Continue reading Medicare for All: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Americans looking to cut back on meat are following a movement forged by a groundbreaking book, ‘Diet for a Small Planet.’ More than 21 pounds of protein fed to a cow made just one pound of protein for people. Source: Plant-Based Meat Has Roots in the 1970s – The New York Times Continue reading Plant-Based Meat Has Roots in the 1970s – The New York Times

A shift toward a single-payer Medicare For All system in US healthcare could be a potential balm to the system’s current admin cost crisis. When people ask how much it’s going to cost, this is part of the answer – at least $600 Billion a year less than it currently costs. Source: … Continue reading New Study – Single-payer system could save US $600 billion in administrative costs

Huzzah for overeating and watching athletes brutalize each other. Boo the fact that climate change is an existential threat to Miami. Maybe it will take a city like Miami going underwater for people to wake up to climate change? Source: Not to Ruin the Super Bowl, But the Sea Is Consuming Miami … Continue reading Not to Ruin the Super Bowl, But the Sea Is Consuming Miami | WIRED

Inexplicable problems require a whole new kind of economic thinking – and MMT is more logical than you probably think it is. “Modern monetary theory (MMT) uses iron-clad rules of accounting to … Continue reading Why you need to know about modern monetary theory

Why a 17-year-old is a better economist than Steve Mnuchin. The International Monetary Fund makes regular estimates of worldwide subsidies to fossil fuels — subsidies that partly take the form of tax breaks and outright cash grants, but mainly involve not holding the industry accountable for the indirect costs it imposes. In … Continue reading Opinion | Greta Versus the Greedy Grifters – The New York Times

Survey authors: “We now observe an Alice in Wonderland moment of elite buoyancy and mass despair.” Because it’s true. Source: People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life, survey shows – Hack – triple j Continue reading People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life, survey shows

It may not be long before you’ll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report. The danger this poses to people – here is just one tweet response: Every single one of my women friends have been followed off the bus or subway by a … Continue reading Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo, report says

BlackRock Inc. will ditch investments with high sustainability-related risk as climate concerns drive a sweeping change in the way the world’s largest asset manager invests its $7 trillion in assets. “Climate change … Continue reading BlackRock CEO Larry Fink puts climate change at center of megafund’s investment strategy 

On paper, it looks like Scott Larsen is doing better than his father was at the same age. But he’s not even close. The chances of him buying a home are very slim. The system currently extracts all the borrowing potential from the millennials through student loans that could have gone towards … Continue reading Many millennials are worse off than their parents — a first in American history

The political ads control will roll out in the U.S. “early this summer” before expanding to new locations. But not fewer corporate ads. Is this really good for democracy? Source: Facebook and Instagram will allow users to ‘see fewer’ political ads i Continue reading Facebook and Instagram will allow users to ‘see fewer’ political ads

Too often we acquiesce to this terrible status quo. And it shows that the money is there, we’re just directing it towards the wrong things. Source: Money for war, but not for the poor – The Washington Post Continue reading Money for war, but not for the poor – The Washington Post