The Fiscal Policy Experience Since the Great Recession
Why fiscal policy measures after the crisis were too weak.
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Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Ten: The Uber Death Watch Begins
Why Uber is toast.
Read more...The Tragedy of ‘Mountain Dew Mouth’ and the U.S.’s Insane Approach to Dental Care
Lack of dental care weighs as heavily on the poor, particularly the rural poor, as access to what we usually define as “medical” care.
Read more...CalPERS to Game Benchmarks Yet Again to Flatter Private Equity, Understate Risk, Boost Staff Bonuses
CalPERS is lying with numbers yet again, this time with its private equity benchmarks.
Read more...Links 6/14/17
The Hidden Cost of Privatization
Privatization conflates public and private interests. In conflicts between them, the private interests win out.
Read more...Wolf Richter: This Toxic Trifecta for Auto Loans is Fueling #Carmageddon
Recent vintage auto loan securitizations are going rancid, and for good reason.
Read more...U.S. Women Disproportionately Burdened by Student Debt
The wage gap hits women hard in paying off student debt.
Read more...The Universal Basic Income Discussion
Kicking the tires on various Universal Basic Income proposals.
Read more...Links 6/13/17
Lee Camp: How to Write Propaganda for the NY Times – As Demonstrated in an Article About Me
Lee Camp dissects a New York Times hatchet job that manages the difficult feat of having almost nothing accurate in it save Camp’s name.
Read more...Trump Administration Welshes on “Repeal Dodd Frank” Promise, Does Not Back Key Elements of House Bill; Seeks to Give Banks Lots of Other Goodies
Banks are champing at the bit to get Dodd Frank “reform,” when for many, the changes will actually increase their costs.
Read more...Nina Turner: Wall St. Democrats vs. Working Class Democrats
A wide-ranging discussion with Nina Turner from the People’s Summit in Chicago.
Read more...Trump, Republicans Make Bogus Case for Bank Deregulation as Senate Certain to Curtail House Dodd Frank “Reform”
Trump and the Republicans are moving forward with deregulation plans that serve big bank bottom lines, not the broader economy.
Read more...West Coast on an Acidification Trip; Fishing Industry in Peril
Ocean acidification produced by global warming is bleaching coral reefs and threatening ocean life, yet gets little media coverage.
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