Quelle Surprise! Financial Firm Fines Are Way Down Under Trump
The latest sighting on how financial firms are getting off easy, yet have the bad taste to complain about their paltry punishments.
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Democrats Pushing the “Compete” Word to Justify Doubling Down on Failed, Middle-Class Destroying Neoliberal Policies
Democrats are now telling voters they only need to compete better…and offer policies that have repeatedly failed to “help”.
Read more...Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing
An update on Republican tax cut plans, and why they are economic chicanery.
Read more...What the US “Health Care Reform” Debate Did Not Address
A sobering compendium of the factors responsible for the rot in the US health care system.
Read more...The US Antitrust Counter-Revolution
In case you doubted it, diminished antitrust enforcement, a rise in monopolies, and increased inequality are related developments.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Markets, Regulators Ignore Ticking Time Bomb of Shadow Margin Loans
Shadow margin loans are a sign of speculative excess and complacency about risk.
Read more...Healthcare Hypocrisy: How Politicians Hide Behind the 1986 EMTALA Law to Avoid Healthcare Reform
Is the emergency room mandate, EMTALA, responsible for lawmakers failing to devise reasonable legislation to fund health care?
Read more...John Helmer: Jared Kushner’s Testimonial to Stupidity and Unfitness – American and Russian
Why Jared Kunsher’s statements in Senate testimony demonstrate that he is unfit to play an official role.
Read more...People Voted Communist Because…
Italy had the largest communist party in Western Europe. Why did ordinary people vote communist? What did they believe in?
Read more...The Mega Rich Are Getting Mega Richer: A Former CEO Exposes the Corruption Behind Their Obscene Paychecks
Discusses broader economic effects of gross income inequality– driven by obscene CEO pay rises.
Read more...Monetary Sovereigns, Monetary Subjects: Modern Money & The Criminal Legal System
On the connection between money, and in particular monetary sovereignity, and the criminal justice system.
Read more...Bill Black: The CFPB Arbitration Rule is Pro (Honest) Businesses
The CFPB takes a modest but important step to rein in fraud against consumers, which has banks hoppin’ mad.
Read more...Lee Camp: Enjoy the Trump Show While Wall Street Pillages the Country
Trump’s Wall Street allies are pleased that the press isn’t paying much attention to market froth and rising debt as he pushes deregulation.
Read more...Aiding and Abetting Trump as Tweeter-in-Chief
The media fixation with Trump’s tweets is leading them to shirk real reporting on what Trump is up to.
Read more...18 States Sue Betsy DeVos to Reinstate Rules Protecting Students from Predatory Private Colleges
More pushback against Betty DeVos’ support for educational profiteering.
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