Richard Lachmann is the author most recently of States and Power (Polity 2010) and What Is Historical Sociology? (Polity 2013). He currently is writing a book entitled First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Privilege and the Decline of Great Powers, 1492-2015 which examines the decline of dominant economic and military powers in early modern Europe and the contemporary United States. He also is researching media coverage of war deaths in the United States and Israel from the 1960s to the present.
Can the government save money by privatizing prisons, Medicare and other functions?
Mar 03, 2017 02:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Should we run the government like a business? Donald Trump seems to think so. During his campaign for president, Trump returned again and again to his supposed success as a businessman and promised government programs...
Here's why our next president should block AT&T's Time Warner tie-up
Oct 26, 2016 10:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
ATTs plan to buy Time Warner for US$85.4 billion is only the latest of a string of mega corporate mergers that have been announced in recent years. That deal would combine the second-largest U.S. cellphone carrier with...
How victims of terror are remembered distorts perceptions of safety
Aug 29, 2016 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Are Americans safe from terrorism? Forty-nine dead in Orlando, five in Dallas and three in Baton Rouge in 2016. Twelve dead in San Bernardino, three at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and nine at a...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well