Keys to Building Human Bridges to the Past
Human technologies have continued to evolve exponentially since the end of the Paleolithic: today we are using them to learn more about the past.
The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?
By Richard D. Wolff Author Bio: Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, in New York. Wolff’s…
The Strange Case of the Persecution of Daniel Jadue
By Vijay Prashad Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and the director of…
Jan Ritch-Frel and Marjorie Hecht: Robert Sapolsky: Are We Better off Accepting That There’s No Free Will?
Interviewing the neuroscientist and primate behavior expert on a question that could radically change our understanding of reality
Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires
By Richard E. Blanton, Gary M. Feinman, Stephen A. Kowalewski, and Lane F. Fargher-Navarro. Author Bios: Richard E. Blanton is professor emeritus of anthropology at Purdue University. Gary M. Feinman is a MacArthur Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum…
Marjorie Hecht: The Mystery of the Missing Apes Who Came Before Humans
Marjorie Hecht: The Mystery of the Missing Apes Who Came Before Humans
Roman Oligarchs Avoided Tax Liability and Restrictions on Land Size
The oligarchic tradition of land-grabbing and tax dodging goes back centuries.
Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise
By Michael Hudson Author Bio: Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. He is a former Wall Street analyst, political…
Parallels Between Archaic Entrepots and Modern Offshore Banking Centers [eg Cayman Islands]
Offshore banking and tax-avoidance centers are nothing new; they’ve been with us for millennia.
Widening the ‘We’
By Colin Greer and Eric Laursen Author Bios: Colin Greer is the president of the New World Foundation. He was formerly a CUNY professor, a founding editor of Social Policy magazine, a contributing editor at Parade magazine for almost 20…
