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To anyone interested, these three lectures from the Royal Institution cover the topic of the microbiome: - Why Dirt and Microbes Could Be Good for Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Not coincidentally, in terms of rich western countries the English speaking countries have the strongest historical ties to neoliberalism movement of the 80s, e.g. Reagan + Thatche…

This is certainly intentional, and is well documented in the book and documentary What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_…

There are records of coordinated efforts to reduce the power of the working class, which in a political climate that operates under monied powers, means the stripping of wealth fro…

The mechanisms by which globalization works to favor the rich is laid out well by economist Dean Baker in his book Rigged. The introduction looks at how trade imbalances with the g…

Clinton's policies have lead directly to these sorts of wealth imbalances. His deregulation of the financial industry is a large reason for the 2008 recession, his work with NAFTA …