Author Archives: Yves Smith
Bernie Sanders’ “Raise the Wage Act” Would Make Life Better for 40 Million Americans: Analysis
A new Economic Policy Institute report also debunks the myth that raising the federal minimum wage primarily helps teenagers working for spending money
Read more...The American Tax Debate
Economists weigh in on the tax proposals by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren.
Read more...African-Americans’ Economic Setbacks from the Great Recession Are Ongoing – and Could Be Repeated
African-Americans still trail badly in average income and wealth.
Read more...Floridians! Hope To See You at Our Fort Lauderdale Meetup Tomorrow Night, February 7
Hope you Sunshine state residents can make it to our Fort Lauderdale meetup!
Read more...Italy Guns For Glass-Steagall-Type Law to Break Up Banks, Cut Bailout Costs for Taxpayers
Italy pushes for some bold banking reforms….but how far can it get given the wobbly state of its banks and ECB hostility?
Read more...Is CalPERS Private Equity Architect John Cole So Clueless He Doesn’t Know He’s Lying?
CalPERS is at it again…this time in the form of its private equity architect John Cole showing the world that he is way over his head.
Read more...The Real Reason Stock Buybacks Are a Problem
Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders propose what are actually modest restrictions on corporate stock buybacks to force their to give workers higher priority.
Read more...Take One Leave One – A New Way to Help the Homeless
Homelessness needs political solutions. But as temperatures plummet, communities are also finding a new way to both immediately practically help, and connect with, homeless people.
Read more...Brexit: May’s March to Nowhere
Brexit angst is rising, yet nothing fundamental has changed.
Read more...How Howard Thurman Met Gandhi and Brought Nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement
Howard Thurman demonstrates how individuals can have great influence on social movements.
Read more...Links 2/2/19
A Serious Green New Deal Would Take Up One-Third of the Economy—Are We Ready for That?
Looking at some of the ramifications of a Green New Deal.
Read more...Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
As Trump takes the US out of Reagan’s nuclear arms pact with Russia, it’s time to have a look at the Doomsday Clock.
Read more...Reminder: Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
Hope you can join our Fort Lauderdale meetup!
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