[2604.16106] Reckoning with the Political #economy of AI: Avoiding #decoys in Pursuit of #accountability
▻https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16106
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#artificialintelligence #politics #power #domination #capitalism #inequalities #ethics #regulation #bestof
‘Lost generation’: why can’t young people get #jobs? - Today In Focus
▻https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/may/28/youth-unemployment-jobs-crisis-report-the-latest
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#NEET #employment #youth #career #education #training #mentalhealth #automation #economy #politics
Michael Hudson on the Ponzi scheme for recapitalizing the financial market within the dollar system
via ▻https://diaspora.psyco.fr/p/12494007
Michael Hudson, Lena Petrova – Why This Is Not the 1970s Again
▻https://braveneweurope.com/michael-hudson-lena-petrova-why-this-is-not-the-1970s-again
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NWpV8XJXhY
2026-05-19 — 1h♲ Miguel Afonso Caetano - 2026-05-25 22:12:47 GMT
“Governments and their central banks may pretend to be lowering interest rates to spur the economy, but the basic reason is to re-inflate prices for financial securities and real estate.That’s the main aim of today’s finance capitalism, after all. Its aim of increasing fortunes by creating debt-leveraged asset-price gains has turned economies into a great #Ponzi_scheme.
This policy must fail because preventing prices for collateral held by banks and other creditors from falling in price, and thus causing a loss of financialized asset-price gains, requires the economy to take on more and more debt.
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[A] Ponzi scheme has to be kept going because you need new entrants into the scheme. There is no real underlying value there. There is nothing actually generating wealth. Instead, there is a pretense, a claim that the scheme is making #money, and very high dividends and capital gains are paid out to #investors as if substantial profits are being earned.
But where does the money come from to pay these investors if there is no real generation of profits? The answer is that the promoters keep hyping the Ponzi scheme and hope that new investors will continue to join. As P.T. Barnum supposedly said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” The scheme depends on attracting more and more participants, whose contributions are then used to pay the high dividends promised to the earlier investors.
This process can continue for a while, but eventually the nominal debts owed to depositors or participants become so large that new investors are no longer bringing in enough money to sustain the payouts. At that point, the entire scheme collapses.
The #economy today resembles that kind of structure. The real estate sector, the banking sector, and stock market companies have all borrowed heavily just to pay the interest obligations that are coming due.”
Estimation of Annual Energy Bills in the EU
via ▻https://diaspora.psyco.fr/p/12392572 || Fediverse
♲ Athénien d’Isar - 2026-04-09 17:07:20 GMT
– The average annual energy bill in the EU would rise from €3,792 to €5,688 – 12% of total household spending;
– The average annual energy bill would account for more than 10% of all household spending in the majority of member states and more than 15% in six member states;
– The average annual energy bill would cost €2,000 more in 11 member states (see notes for figures for all countries).
Please see the attached explanatory note on the estimations made by the European Trade Union Institute. For further statistical enquires, please contact Wouter Zwysen: wzwysen@etui.org
▻https://mcusercontent.com/432f45140d9f6f58d0cb10aa1/files/0e3193cc-fb7f-bf18-23aa-64dfce032c5b/Explantory_note_on_energy_estimates.docx
♲ @Akshay@eupolicy.social:
“Trade unions are calling for radical EU action to lower energy costs as a new analysis shows that the average household bill will rise by more than €1800 a year if current prices persist.”
They want fiscal support to protect jobs, electricity market reform, and investment in a just energy.
▻https://www.etuc.org/en/pressrelease/workers-face-eu1800-energy-bill-hike-without-eu-action
#EUPol #EU #UE #Union #Labour #Hormuz #Energy #Grid #Electricity #Economy #OilCrisis
QATARENERGY CEO — 2026-03-19: We’ll be🚨losing 12.8M tons per year of LNG for 3 to 5 YEARS, ~17% of #Qatar's export LNG
via ▻https://diaspora.psyco.fr/p/12347494
♲ Kim Perales - 2026-03-19 14:27:01 GMT
QATARENERGY CEO:🚨"2 out of 14 of our LNG trains & one out of 2 of our gas-to-liquids (GTL) fac were damaged in the attacks.We’ll be🚨losing 12.8M tons per year of LNG for 3 to 5 YEARS, ~17% of #Qatar's export LNG
WE MAY HAVE TO DECLARE FORCE MAJEURE ON LT CONTRACTS FOR UP TO 5 YRS FOR LNG SUPPLIES TO ITALY, BELGIUM, KOREA & CHINA.
And another fire, 270 MW really close to the LNG⬇️trains." tleilax #IranWar #Gas #LNG #SupplyChain #TrumpRegime #Israel #Netanyahu #Trump #Economy #Inflation #USPol
cf. aussi:
Qatar state-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy has published a statement detailing the overnight damage
March 19, 2026 : Attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City
▻https://www.lngglobal.com/march-19-2026-attack-on-ras-laffan-industrial-city
Crisis Memo Ras Laffan Industrial City
▻https://www.lngglobal.com/crisis-memo-ras-laffan-industrial-city
The LNG Headline Stream
▻https://www.lngglobal.com/lng-news-database
Brazil At A Historical Crossroads | ZeroHedge
▻https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/brazil-historical-crossroads
According to the CPI/IPCA, from the Real Plan launch in 1994 to 2026, the Real accumulated roughly 982.5 percent inflation, equivalent to prices nearly 10.8 times higher today. In other words, R$100.00 in 1994 now equals R$11.75. Furthermore, according to the Index of Return to Society’s Well-Being (IRBES), Brazil has for 14 consecutive years ranked as the country that charges the most taxes while giving the least return to the population.
Waste as a new form of colonialism in Africa and Asia - Agenzia Fides
▻https://www.fides.org/en/news/77340-Waste_as_a_new_form_of_colonialism_in_Africa_and_Asia
11 February 2026 by Cosimo Graziani
The search for rare earths for energy transition is often regarded as a form of neo-colonialism, and today it is the area in which this phenomenon manifests itself most clearly, especially due to its geopolitical and economic effects. However, there are other neo-colonial practices that are less visible but with equally negative consequences at the local level. One of these is the export of waste to Africa and Asia by Western countries, particularly the export of plastic, clothing, and electronic waste. The export of waste to the Global South is a phenomenon that has been ongoing for decades and that in the past was addressed through attempts to regulate and stem, notably with the drafting of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes (1989). In addition to halting waste movements, the Convention also aimed to assist developing countries in the ecological management and disposal of waste.
Unfortunately, despite its intentions, the Convention failed to produce concrete results in international waste management. On the contrary, the situation has worsened over the years. The global export of waste has been dubbed “Waste Colonialism,” precisely because it remains a form of exploitation by countries with a colonial past over their former colonies.
The most traditional form of this colonialism concerns the export of plastic, which was initially not included in the Basel Convention and was only included in 2019 with the introduction of a specific amendment.
For years, China was one of the main destinations for exported waste; however, it stopped importing plastic and other waste in 2018. As happens in all economic mechanisms affected by restrictions, trade flows subsequently shifted toward other destinations in Asia, beginning with countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia (...)
#colonialism #economy #geopolitics #pollution #environment #healthcare
’The old order is not coming back,’ Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News
▻https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-davos-speech-9.7052725
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#canada #world #politics #geopolitics #geostrategy #europe #US #imperialism #economy #coercion #trump
Is AI Productivity Worth Our Humanity? with Prof. Michael #sandel
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#work #jobs #layoffs #automation #artificialintimacy #artificialintelligence #technology #technosolutionism #efficiency #contribution #recognition #identification #belonging #dignity #violence #resentment #anthropology #sociology #politics #economy #power #money #domination #capitalism #ellul #NielPostman #renégirard #bestof
What Would It Take to Actually #trust Each Other? The Game Theory
▻https://youtu.be/r54-jjAKEuE
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#cooperation #rivalry #competition #gametheory #zerosum #fiction #ethic #reason #rationality #instrumentalrationality #technology #economy #politics #culture #artificialintelligence #safety #ethics #power #domination #influence #communication #authenticity #empathy #NVC #language #mentalmodels #bestof
All Sorted by Machines of Loving Grace ? - media.ccc.de
▻https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-all-sorted-by-machines-of-loving-grace-ai-cybernetics-and-fascism-and
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#stories #politics #fascism #cybernetics #values #beliefs #interdependence #governance #power #domination #force #coercion #sociology #kingship #aristocracy #polity #tyranny #oligarchy #democracy #anarchy #rules #ideology #past #community #superiority #propaganda #war #automation #technology #optimization #solutionism #technosolutionism #transhumanism #accelerationism #artificialintelligence #promise #hype #dystopia #tescreal #eugenics #utopia #AGI #privacy #surveillance #citizens #consumers #capitalism #economy #activism #conflicts #addiction #cognition #affects #hope #fear #desire #emotion #resistance #freedom #anthropology #39c3 #bestof
Yanis #varoufakis on the future of capitalism
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#economy #technology #technofeudalism #labor #work #bigtech #politics #regulation #rent #payement
GDP data confirms the Gen Z nightmare: the era of jobless #growth is here | Fortune
▻https://fortune.com/2025/12/24/k-shaped-economy-2026-stagflation-diane-swonk
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#economy #employment #automation #demography #inequality #investments #speculation
America and #china Are Racing to Different AI Futures
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#technology #culture #US #artificialintelligence #engineering #finance #economyrace #applications #ideology #hype #safety #culturels
If AI replaces workers, should it also pay #taxes? | #technology | EL PAÍS English
▻https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.html
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#work #employment #artificialintelligence #economy #politics
#IBM CEO warns trillion-dollar AI data center expansions risk catastrophic losses if hardware refresh cycles stay relentlessly fast
▻https://www.techradar.com/pro/there-is-no-way-ibm-ceo-says-current-ai-data-center-trends-are-unsustaina
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Is AI a #bubble that’s about to pop ?
▻https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/dec/08/is-ai-a-bubble-thats-about-to-pop-podcast
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#bigtech #artificialintelligence #investments #VC #economy #hype
Pluralistic: The #enshittification of #labor (07 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
▻https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/07/postwar-social-contract
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#socialcontract #work #jobs #employment #IRL #market #capitalism #inequalities #economy #politics
Robots [The Humans are Dead], Flight of the Conchords
►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BdQcJ2ZYY
Q : Are We Not Men?
A : We Are Devo
▻https://youtu.be/fTFztCfy5e8?list=RDfTFztCfy5e8
An AI Addendum - Praetorian Capital
▻https://pracap.com/an-ai-addendum
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#artificialintelligence #capex #revenue #bubble #hype #economy #technology
#china Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.
▻https://freakonomics.com/podcast/china-is-run-by-engineers-america-is-run-by-lawyers
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Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory #doctorow
►https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse
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#artificialintelligence #hype #bubble #growth #work #employment #economy #bestof
The AI #bubble is the only thing keeping the #US #economy together, Deutsche Bank warns
▻https://www.techspot.com/news/109626-ai-bubble-only-thing-keeping-us-economy-together.html
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AI is Not a Technology, It’s a #subscription Company
▻https://idiallo.com/blog/ai-is-a-subscription-company
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The GenAI Divide STATE OF AI IN BUSINESS 2025
▻https://web.archive.org/web/20250818145714/https:/nanda.media.mit.edu/ai_report_2025.pdf
▻https://nanda.media.mit.edu/ai_report_2025.pdf ▻https://nanda.media.mit.edu
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#generativeai #report #MIT #artificialintelligence #agents #economy #transformation #productivity #RoI #investments #hype #success #pilot #deployment #shadownai #failures #trust #adaptation #barriers #willingness #feedback #context #customization #edgecases #industry #tech #media #bestof