slugger o’toole: The secret of surviving the cuts is easy – just don’t be poor…

The historian Philip Mirowski says the left lacks a compelling story about how markets work, and for too long has conceived of government and markets as separate entities. Read here  

Measure presented by Spanish Socialists to stop Catalonia developing “digital republic” grants authorities in Madrid “exceptional” powers Read here

It’s a funny old world – or one in which lies are formed into a reality to ensure power. Read here