Informed Comment - Part 929

The Measure of our Happiness: Our Miserable Plutocracy

Most policies adopted by our government are those that favor the economic elite and business interests.

In late March, India launched a rocket shooting down one of its satellites, proving it could preemptively “blind” the Pakistanis

When they move to the mainland and reside in a state, they can vote for president

Some saw Islam as a pure form of monotheism close to philosophic Deism

Arm in arm with the private prison industry, they’ve loosened federal restraints on private detention facilities

What will become of the entrenched political, military, business and tribal interests?

“Many deeply troubling actions and statements that have provoked alarm in Congress”

The neoliberal deification of markets has many parents.

Then there are the dark money groups, which can receive financial contributions from any source, American or foreign.