Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Have things changed at the International Monetary Fund? Or is the world just witnessing yet another in a long series of global economic double standards? IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn says that the “need for public intervention” to address the global financial crisis “is becoming more evident.” Strauss-Kahn has urged for a global fiscal stimulus,…

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If the United States makes progress in closing the black-white income gap at the same rate it has since King was assassinated, there will be income equality in 537 years. If the racial wealth divide closes at the same rate as…

Philip Morris International today starts business as an independent company, no longer affiliated with Philip Morris USA or the parent company, Altria. Philip Morris USA will sell Marlboro and other cigarettes in the United States. Philip Morris International will trample over the rest of the world. Public health advocates have worried and speculated over the…