“we could call this a more muscular, socialism-inflected version of antitrust. Rather than (or in addition to) playing constant legal whack-a-mole against market concentration, the government steps in directly and creates the competition it wants, either through subsidies or outright state-owned firms. This antitrust model has led to by far the most effective attack on fossil fuel power in history: the rise of ultra-cheap renewable energy.” @ryanlcooper https://prospect.org/economy/2025-10-07-socialist-case-for-antitrust/

from #MattBruenig https://www.nlrbedge.com/p/update-on-constitutional-challenges ht @ryanlcooper

from "The Case for Pragmatic Socialism" by @ryanlcooper https://prospect.org/politics/2024-08-05-case-for-pragmatic-socialism/

Smart piece by @ryanlcooper (who is unfortunately not active here) in the American Prospect: "Elon Musk and the decline of Tesla" https://prospect.org/power/2024-06-17-elon-musk-decline-of-tesla/

"As Thomas Jefferson once wrote, under judicial review, the Constitution 'is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please'…the Court has…deleted both of the Constitution’s anti-bribery clauses for the president…The Roberts Court recently deleted Section 3 [of the 14th Amendment], which forbids traitors and rebels from serving in the govt, once again to protect Donald Trump from accountability." @ryanlcooper https://prospect.org/justice/2024-07-04-supreme-court-roberts-murdered-constitution/

"Israel Is Making a Terrible Mistake" - @ryanlcooper in #TheAmericanProspect
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #War #Trouble
https://prospect.org/world/2023-10-16-israel-biden-administration-terrible-mistake/