Feudalism

Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the longest-serving ruler in the Arab world who has died aged 79, took power in the Gulf state of Oman in a 1970 palace coup against his father and then guided the country from medieval-style feudalism to global-looking policies that hastened modernisation and broad political influence.…

What do we mean when we talk about socialism? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know. Over the last 200 years, socialism has spread across the world. In every country, it carries the lessons and scars of its parti…

What do we mean when we talk about “socialism”? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know.Jan 30, 2020 Over the last 200 years, socialism has spread across the world. In every country, it carries the lessons and scars of its particular history…

After many twists and turns, not to mention the innumerable instances of blind folly, culpable ignorance and outright deceit that brought us here, Britain is finally leaving the European Union and in saying goodbye, I suddenly come to see how very homogenous …

Yves here. Another long-form Michael Hudson discussion from Germany of why ancient societies found it in their survival interest to wipe out debt periodically, the resistance to this discovery, and how modern Europe illustrates the dangers of giving creditors…

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Bullshit Jobs, a 2018 book by American anthropologist David Graeber, posits that automation has already ended the prospect of meaningful work for most people. Unemployment has not soared, writes Graeber, because most of us are retained for pointless activities (the bullshit jobs that give the book its title) under a…

It might be just a case of me noticing it more, but we seem to be entering a new phase of software license experimentation. Or license confusion, depending on your point of view. There is Ethical Source and I've also seen "no nazis" licenses in circulation. These licenses are well…

Demography becomes destiny, the old adage goes. But many of the most confidently promoted demographic predictions have turned out grossly exaggerated or even dead wrong. In many cases they tend to reflect more the aspirations of pundits and reporters than the actual on-the-ground realities. Good thing, too. Many of the…

Previously on the Best and Worst of Friday Night Smackdown: I got the week off (thanks Emily!) while Miz and Morrison continued to one-up The New Day, Daniel Bryan ended up in a strap match against The Fiend, and Mandy Rose literally fell for Otis. Things to do: Follow us…