This morning 3AM Magazine published this provocative assessment by philosopher Alex Rosenberg of Paul Krugman's views on .... well, economics.
Of late, economists have been worrying about capitalism, democracy and threats the former poses to the latter. You read Robert Schiller 's concerns here, Joseph Stiglitz's here and Dani Rodrik's here. All at Project Syndicate.
On a lighter, but no less pointed, note The Yes Men have a new movie out you can find a review here.
Apparently, not all politicians are craven knuckleheads. As evidence for the seemingly preposterous claim, here at The New Statesman is the text of a speech (on 'Freedom & the Left') that Lisa Nandy (Labour MP - Wigan) recently delivered.
Finally two recent pieces on jazz and its cultural resonance in the U.S.; neither is persuasive to me. But this is a hard subject to sort out .... first, this dire assessment at WaPo last weekend .... then this only modestly well-targeted reply at Jacobin.