… as hundreds of billions of dollars are flooding into artificial intelligence, there are serious concerns that an AI bubble could trigger another bailout with taxpayer money.
In the interview that follows, leading progressive economist Gerald Epstein, who initiated and directs the Game Changers project at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, talks about AI’s impact on finance and the bailout problem and how a transformative public finance strategy can revive democracy, promote equity and social justice, and build strong and sustainable communities.



Reading comprehension is also in a bad spot. That sentence is not telling anyone not to vote. It’s saying that even if you vote for the lesser evil, the country is still falling apart.
Look, if I was part of some sinister influence operation, why would I pick the instance that makes libs like you (the people I’d likely want to influence in that case) freak out as soon as they see it? You’re not making any sense, not everything is about the US, the rest of the world is rejoicing at the great satan finally getting its comeuppance.