Cultural Detritus, Reviews, and Commentary
Link to an article by Susan Roberts:
“Are Modern Cities Sustainable?”
Bonus quote: “9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.” The Communist Manifesto
Link to an article by Rob Urie:
“Climate Crisis, ‘Smart’ Growth and the Logic of Calamity”
Bonus link: Review of Robert Pollin’s Back to Full Employment
Link to an article by Connor Kilpatrick:
Link to an article by Jonathan Latham:
“The Biotech Industry is Taking Over the Regulation of GMOs From the Inside”
The central dispute between industry and critics like Latham is over which of two approaches to adopt: (1) reasonably prove safety before commercial release, or (2) presume safety (and permit commercial release) until harm is proven. See also “Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA”
Link to an article by Miguel Altieri & Fernando Funes-Monzote:
“The Paradox of Cuban Agriculture”
Bonus link: “In Cuba, Greener Farming Means Cleaner Rivers”
Link to an article by Herman Daly, from real-world economics review, issue no. 78, 22 March 2017, pp. 86-97:
“Trump’s Growthism: Its Roots in Neoclassical Economic Theory”
Link to an article by George Wuerthner:
“Follow the Money: How to Read Peer-Reviewed Science”
Bonus links: “The Peer Review Hypocrisy” and “Peer Review as Censorship” and “Offline: The Crisis in Scientific Publishing”
Link to an interview with Marc Edwards by Steve Kolowich:
“The Water Next Time: Professor Who Helped Expose Crisis in Flint Says Public Science Is Broken”
Bonus links: “Flint’s Bottom Line” and “The Slow Death of the University”
Link to an article by John Patrick Leary:
Bonus links: “Flint: A Tale of Two Cities” and “A Pediatrician General Motors and the Flint Water Crisis” and “The Poisoning of Flint”
Links to articles by Jeffrey St. Clair & James Ridgeway:
“On the Firing Line: Bullies in Stetsons”
“The War to Claim the New West”
Bonus Links: “Cattle, Guns, Birds and Boredom: Inside the Oregon Occupation” and “9th Circuit Blasts Judge Who Ruled for Rancher”