Mainstream economics’ inability to explain domestic inequality and competition between nations

“The whole county is my studio. I used to go work under a certain bridge if it was pouring, because people used to hide there from the rain” – Mark Cohen     Mark Cohen shot from the hip, taking photographs with his camera hung low as his took a daily walk in New York … Continue reading "Tall Socks and Strangers: A Low-Level View of 1970s NYC" The post Tall Socks and Strangers: A Low-Level View of 1970s NYC appeared first on Flashbak.

‘Hitler’s Deserters’ by Douglas Carl Peifer review JamesHoare Mon, 05/19/2025 - 09:01

The place: Tenochtitlan, a metropolis built in the middle of a lake, with floating islands supported by piles. The date: November 1519. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his men must have been astonished. Tenochtitlan had more inhabitants than London or Paris and, in many ways, was better organized. Standing before Cortés, a 34-year-old university […]

The Victorians, Creation, and the Dinosaur Problem JamesHoare Mon, 05/19/2025 - 09:00