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    In Mathematics, 'You Cannot Be Lied To'     Siobhan Roberts February 21, 2017 Quanta   For Sylvia Serfaty, mathematics is all about truth and beauty and building scientific and human connections.     Sylvia Serfaty, Stefan Falke for Quanta Magazine ,     A few years back, a prospective doctoral student sought out Sylvia Serfaty with some existential questions about the apparent uselessness of pure math. Serfaty, then newly decorated with the prestigious Henri Poincaré Prize, won him over simply by being honest and nice. "She was very warm and understanding and human," said Thomas Leblé, now an instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University . "She made me feel that even if at times it might seem futile, at least it would ...

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Stewart Acuff < acuff.stewart@gmail.com > Date: February 27, 2017 at 8:36:05 AM EST To: Stewart < acuff.stewart@gmail.com > Subject: Till We Watch History Turn Born of the strain of struggle Conceived in genocide and slavery America has never been as good as her words But our people fought through it all In never ending effort to make her words real Now we face the threat once thought unimaginable The assault on all we believed we were Shredding our freedoms Bullying the weak Destroying the strong It is now our turn and our time To meet the struggle with strength Standing in solidarity Don't give in, don't give out, don't give up Refuse his authority Resist his power Resist , defy, defend As Americans always have Till we watch history turn Sent from my iPhone

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Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Stewart Acuff < acuff.stewart@gmail.com > Date: February 26, 2017 at 8:56:49 AM EST To: Stewart < acuff.stewart@gmail.com > The fire of rebellion has been lit In town after town, state upon state We have decided we will not quit It is we, us who will stoke that fire no matter how late That fire must burn Till we destroy the fascism that will not be our fate We will burn til all learn That we will not bow to the gods of money and power. Sent from my iPhone

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Robots, or automation, are not the problem: Too little worker power is http://www.epi.org/publication/robots-or-automation-are-not-the-problem-too-little-worker-power-is/ The fear of job-stealing robots has been recently stoked in the media and pundits frequently refer to automation as a key driver of long-term middle-class wage stagnation. But are robots actually transforming the labor market at an unprecedented pace? Nope—in fact, the opposite is true. First, it's important to note that technology and automation have consistently transformed the way work gets done. So, technology itself is not a problem. Robots and automation allow us to increase efficiency by making more things for less money. When goods and services are cheaper, consumers can afford to buy more robot-made stuff, or have money left over to spend on other things. When consumers spend their leftover cash on additional goods and services, it creates jobs. These new jobs help compensate for the jobs lost to automati...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/the-death-of-compassion.html Apologies again for the link without text -- NYTimes prevents even subscribers from copying text. I imagine Blow's argument will resonate with many. It sounds militant. The working class Trump voters are looking more like horses asses every day that passes. And no one feels all that  proud as the Building Trades leaders appear servile begging Trump for pipeline and "make america great again" construction jobs.  Yet, imagine reading Blow to an American union audience of carpenters of  mixed races, genders, nationalities, faiths, ages and skills, and political persuasions. "Hey -- you  guys that voted for Trump -- fuck you!" would be the short version of the article -- and the main thing message people would hear. A union officer set on that message might as well skip the meeting and just liquidate the local union. I suppose this is OK with much, probably most, of the so...

What Americans Do For Work Apologies for the link. I hate the  nytimes paywall that prevents text copying of any kind.....but this is an important article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/magazine/the-new-working-class.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 -- John Case Harpers Ferry, WV The Winners and Losers Radio Show 7-9 AM Weekdays, The EPIC Radio Player  Stream,  Sign UP HERE to get the Weekly Program Notes. Check out Socialist Economics . Check out The EPIC Radio website

Divided ... Dan Little from Understanding Society Why is part of the American electoral system so susceptible to right-wing populist appeals, often highlighting themes of racism and intergroup hostility? Doug McAdam and Karina Kloos address the causes of the radical swing to the right of the Republican Party in  Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America . Here is the key issue the book attempts to resolve: If the general public does not share the extreme partisan views of the political elites and party activists and, more to the point, is increasingly dismayed and disgusted by the resulting polarization and institutional paralysis that have followed from those views, how has the GOP managed to move so far to the right without being punished by the voters? Our answer — already telegraphed above — is that over the past half century social movements have increasingly challenged, and occasionally supplanted, parties as the dominant mobilizing logic and organiz...

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The Arizona Senate has just passed legislation to include protestors exercising First Amendment freedom of speech and association to be arrested and prosecuted under RICO laws--for protesting. Authorities are destroying the camps at Standing Rock that were used as staging areas for the Anerican Native opposition to the North Dakota pipeline. Trump continues his war against Muslims and immigrants. The founders honored dissent. They were all guilty of dissent. America was born of dissent. Slavery in America was only abolished after a century of dissent by African-Americans, Quakers, Congregationalists and other people of faith. Some of us have expected that Trump and his followers would bring down the Iron Heel on dissent. Now his followers in Arizona have. Do you still doubt that we are in a dire struggle against fascism? The ongoing assault against Muslims and immigrants is torn from the Nazi play book. Pick a minority (Jews in Germany) to blame for the w...

More Republican Handouts to the Rich http://cepr.net/publications/op-eds-columns/more-republican-handouts-to-the-rich We all know how hard it is to be rich. After all, it takes a lot of money to keep up multiple homes, pay for first class air travel, expensive cars and the like. For this reason, most people would naturally support a Republican plan to make workers pay higher fees on their retirement accounts so that the Wall Street crew is better able to maintain their standard of living. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. One of the major problems facing workers today is the inability to save for retirement. Traditional defined benefit pensions are rapidly disappearing. Roughly half the workforce now has access to a 401(k) defined contribution plan at their workplace, but we know that these generally are not providing much support in retirement. Most workers manage to accumulate little money in these accounts over the span of their working career. Part of this is due to the fact that ...

Governor Justice's Tax Plan: Who Pays? http://www.wvpolicy.org/governor-justices-tax-plan-who-pays/ Governor Jim Justice has  not introduced any tax measures yet , but in his State of the State Address and his  executive budget   there are plans to enact several tax increases to close the Fiscal Year 2018 budget gap of $500 million and address the state's declining road fund that pays for highway construction, maintenance, and road repairs. This includes an estimated $450.2 million in the proposed general revenue fund revenue enhancements and $177 million in new revenue for the state road fund. While Governor Justice should be commended for putting forth much-needed revenue to address the state's growing budget crisis, the combined impact of his tax increases will fall harder on low-income West Virginians. Instead of just relying on regressive tax measures, Governor Justice should include revenue enhancements that ask a little more from the folks that have received  most of...

If only we could apply dynamic scoring to the rest of life http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/if-only-we-could-apply-dynamic-scoring-to-the-rest-of-life/ "Dynamic scoring" is one of those phrases that sounds way more innocent than it is. It's the process of guesstimating what impact your budget proposals will have on economic growth, and in turn, revenues flowing into the Treasury. For example, if your budget includes big tax cuts, as Trump's will, that's obvious a revenue loser, which is exactly what the "static" scores show. But with dynamic scoring, you can claim to make back some share of that loss due to the growth effects spun off by your awesome, pro-growth tax-cut plan. You see the problem. Economic models are dumb, or at least compliant, beasts who will give you whatever answer you want. Put such models in the hands of the purveyors of alternative facts, and the outcome is predictable, as the WSJ  reported  on Friday and budget nerd extraordinaire St...

A thumbnail moon rose over the ridge It's light too dim to shine away the shadows But enough to be a beacon For the early traveler In his dark morning run Sometimes the light too dim To see the path As night prepares for day And the traveler makes a way Sometimes the light stands alone A sign in the sky The light stays with the traveler Tho the path is still a dark challenge to try. Sent from my iPhone

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Paul Krugman: On Economic Arrogance http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2017/02/paul-krugman-on-economic-arrogance.html Why do Republicans insist, contrary to the evidence, that tax cuts and deregulation will spur economic growth: On Economic Arrogance, by Paul Krugman, NY Times : According to  press reports , the Trump administration is basing its budget projections on the assumption that the U.S. economy will grow very rapidly over the next decade — in fact, almost twice as fast as independent institutions like the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve expect. There is, as far as we can tell, no serious analysis behind this optimism; instead, the number was plugged in to make the fiscal outlook appear better. I guess this was only to be expected from a man who keeps insisting that crime, which is actually near record lows, is at a record high, that millions of illegal ballots were responsible for his popular vote loss, and so on: In Trumpworld, numbers are ...

How to Survive the Trump Era Joseph Stiglitz NEW YORK – In barely a month, US President Donald Trump has managed to spread   chaos and uncertainty   – and a degree of fear that would make any terrorist proud – at a dizzying pace. Not surprisingly, citizens and leaders in business, civil society, and government are struggling to respond appropriately and effectively. Any view regarding the way forward is necessarily provisional, as Trump has not yet proposed detailed legislation, and Congress and the courts have not fully responded to his barrage of executive orders. But recognition of uncertainty is not a justification for denial. On the contrary, it is now clear that what Trump says and tweets must be taken seriously. Following the election in November, there was near-universal hope that he would abandon the extremism that defined his campaign. Surely, it was thought, this master of unreality would adopt a different persona as he assumed the awesome responsibility of what is often cal...

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Letter to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on federal wage and hour policies http://www.epi.org/publication/letter-to-the-subcommittee-on-workforce-protections-on-federal-wage-and-hour-policies/ EPI Senior Economist and Director of Policy Heidi Shierholz se nt the following letter to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on February 16th, 2017. Dear Representatives Foxx, Scott, Byrne, and Takano: The Economic Policy Institute is pleased to submit this letter in regards to the February 16, 2017, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing, "Federal Wage and Hour Policies in the Twenty-First Century Economy." The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, is this country's premier think tank that focuses on the economic condition of low- and middle-income workers and their families. We are deeply interested in any changes to wage and hour policies that protect workers. The components that ...

Trump Administration's New Health Rule Would Reduce Tax Credits, Raise Costs, For Millions of Moderate-Income Families http://www.cbpp.org/research/health/trump-administrations-new-health-rule-would-reduce-tax-credits-raise-costs-for The Trump Administration's new proposed rule on health care would raise premiums, out-of-pocket costs, or both for millions of moderate-income families. If finalized as proposed, the rule would reduce the amount of health care that marketplace plans have to cover. That would allow individual-market insurers to offer plans with higher deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs than they can now sell through the marketplaces. [1]  It would also have the hidden impact of reducing the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) premium tax credits, which help moderate-income marketplace consumers afford health care. As a result, the rule would force millions of families to choose between higher premiums and worse coverage. THIS MEANS THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO M...