Exclusive 3:16 Interview With Jean Jacques Rousseau [This interview is available on the Internet. In the social contract or social compact, individuals promote the General Will.] https://www.3-16am.co.uk/blog/exclusive-3-16-interview-with-jean-jacques-rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as …
Understanding the Great Rip Off by Michael Hudson Interview, June 17, 2025 Understanding the Great Rip Off KARL FITZGERALD: Michael, it’s so great to see you. We’re all so enthusiastic about this meeting, so we’re glad you got here. Okay, let’s get into it. MICHAEL HUDSON: We have seven minutes …
From Iran to China: Is a new world order emerging? by David Goeßmann [This article posted on 7/5/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.telepolis.de/features/Von-Iran-bis-China-Entsteht-eine-neue-Weltordnung-10474994.html.] The US and its allies want to reorganize the Middle East, says Vijay Prashad in an interview. The fight against China is …
When the sun beats down Homeless people suffer particularly from the heat in large cities The heat in large cities is unpleasant for many people – but it can be seriously dangerous, especially for homeless people. By Merle Stöver [This article posted on 7/3/2025 is translated from the German on …
Review of ‘When the Clock Broke’ by John Ganz John Ganz is a trending young writer on the left with a history bent, and his new book from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, “When the Clock Broke,” is largely a political recapitulation of 1992 in the U.S. His angle is that …
The welfare state: under the wheels of market-liberal populism By Ulrich Thielemann [This article posted on July 1, 2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://makroskop.eu/24-2025/wie-der-sozialstaat-unter-die-rader-des-marktlibertaren-populismus-gerat/.] CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann wants a “major citizen’s income reform” that goes “to the heart of the matter” – more precisely, …
The BRICS following in Keynes’ footsteps By the editorial team of the Makroskop journal [This article posted on December 5, 2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://makroskop.eu/42-2024/die-brics-auf-den-spuren-von-keynes/.] Dear readers In the social sciences, it is almost considered good form to criticize the Global North for exploiting the …
Starve and drive out Le Monde diplomatique – June 2025 [ThisarticlepostedinJune2025istranslatedfromtheGermanontheInternet,https://www.woz.ch/lmd/25-06/aushungern-und-vertreiben/!B3S5SB09QPM9.] “Everyone has become accustomed to hundreds of people being killed in the Gaza Strip on a night of war – the world doesn’t care.” This was recently stated by Knesset member Zvi Sukkot of the Religious Zionism party, which …
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Debates Uncouth Democracy By Jeff Love and Michael Meng [This article posted on 10/9/2016 is available on the Internet, https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/uncouth-democracy/.] The United States has gone mad—a land of extravagant wealth, and now a land of extravagant vulgarity. Trump is the end of democracy, the final sign of a declining superpower …