Vanity Fair Acts as Democratic Party Enforcer Against Greenwald, NC, Others; Train Wreck Ensues
James Wolcott had a hissy fit in Vanity Fair last week against parties he deems not sufficiently fixated on toppling Trump, including NC.
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Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold
Following the money behind the campaign against public education.
Read more...Bank of International Settlements Paper Confirms That High Levels of Household Debt Hurt Growth
We’ve written from time to time that not all debt is created equal. Prudent business borrowing enables companies to make investments and expand operations. And even though governments like the US that issue their own currency may nevertheless sell bonds, operationally they can simply create more dough to fund spending. The constraint on spending is […]
Read more...New York Times Gets Budget Story About Looming Trump-Ryan Clash Almost Completely Wrong
Not only does the Grey Lady misrepresent Trump’s and Ryan’s motivations, but they muff budget basics too.
Read more...Free Trade vs Protectionism: Weapon of Mass Distraction
A historical take on the push and pull over “free trade”.
Read more...Gaius Pubilus: Obama and the Perez Election — Are the Democrats Trying to Fail?
After presiding over huge losses at all levels of government by the Democrats, Obama is determined to keep his dead hand on the party.
Read more...Col. Wilkerson: Trump’s Proposed $54 Billion Increase in the Military Budget Not for National Security
Colin Powell’s former chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson is Not Happy about Trump’s planned $54 billion gift to the military.
Read more...Bill Black: The 2016 Nobel Prizes in Economics Go to Defenders of Criminogenic Policies
Yet another dubious Swedish central bank fake Nobel Prize award…
Read more...Wolf Richter: How Much Money Laundering is Going On in the Housing Market? A Lot
Treasury is starting to get serious about money laundering in high end residential real estate.
Read more...TaxCast: Financial Transaction Taxes, Trump Hearts Kleptocrats
The current Taxcast tours financial transaction taxes, the Swiss referendum, and dark money.
Read more...Iraq: “Is It Oil?”
Why the Iraq oil problem was not so much access, as in meeting U.S. oil needs, but that U.S. firms had been frozen out of Iraq.
Read more...How Companies Shape Climate Change Agenda: Thousands of Emails from Oklahoma Office of Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Published
Emails document how fossil fuel interests worked with EPA head Scott Pruitt while he was Oklahoma AG to thwart climate change policies.
Read more...Lancet Study on Life Expectancy by 2030 Confirms Poor US Performance
A new Lancet study on life expectancy for 35 countries puts up big red flags for US performance.
Read more...As US Attorney, Trump Labor Secretary Nominee Enabled Drug and Biotechnology Executives’ Impunity
Yet another Trump appointee who was soft on big business misconduct.
Read more...Ian Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking
The £1 billion HBOS Reading fraud, my part in exposing it, and what it tells us about the state of British banking
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