Procedural F*ckery: Quirks of our "Democracy"
We love to promote our democratic principles. We love to spread them across the globe as well. But there are three procedural quirks in our system...
When We Leave: Afghanistan Tomorrow and Forever
Operation “Blame the Afghan People” is in full swing. The countdown to us forgetting completely about Afghanistan has also just begun, and the media...
August 2021 Quickie - Power Is as Power Does: Immigration, Budgets and Drones
Momma always said, "Power is as power does." With Democrats in charge, Bernie managing the budget and endless wars ending, it's a new day in...
The Economics of Racism.
Progressives continually lose the debate on issues of institutional poverty, structural inequality and systemic racism because they’re loaded with...
Oh, Canada.
They look like us. Sound (mostly) like us. And they know everything about us. And yet, we know precious little about our best friends up north. That...
Best of: UNFTR Sketches.
We put this together right before a brief vacation, so we’re running something special today to highlight the lighter side of UNFTR: our sketches. To...
Occupy at 10.
We’re nearly 10 years on from Occupy Wall Street. We wanted to get a jump on the retrospective before every mainstream news outlet hops on and gives...
Modern Monetary Theory.
Few concepts get under the skin of traditional economists, Wall Street executives and academics as Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT. We’ve been...
Stupid White Guy Olympics.
In today’s Quickie, we celebrate the upcoming Olympics with our own field of challengers for the nation’s top Stupid White Guy! Exciting times. Our...
How to Talk About the Trump Years.
While the ink is still wet on the Trump era, we’re going to talk through what the real legacy might be before revisionists get a hold of it one way...
Manufacturing Dissent.
Today we take on News Corp., the most egregious example of “manufactured consent.” The fact that we let this monster from down under invade our...
F*ck Milton Friedman.
Here we are, Unf*ckers. It’s our great hope that we contextualize the Chicago school of economics and its high priest Milton Friedman by alternately...
UNFTR Behind the Scenes
Celebrating our first milestone.
Chicago School Teaser.
In this teaser essay, we do a quick recap on why the fuck we're so mad at Milton Friedman and briefly summarize prior essays that are useful primers...