Wearing White: What Resistance Looks Like in America’s Heartland
A labor struggle in South Bend as a window into unions’ ongoing resistance to corporate greed.
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Grantham: ‘Twas Capitalism That Killed Capitalism
How capitalism became disconnected from social good, leading to hope for a “strong leader” will take on the rich and powerful.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Field Notes from the Battle Within the Democratic Party
Needless to say, the real war within the Democratic party is about who gets to feed at the trough.
Read more...No, Trump Isn’t Imploding — But the Opposition Is Broad and Intense
A look beyond the headline noise to gauge how Trump is faring with the public
Read more...Euroland: Will the Netherlands Be the Next Domino To Fall?
The upcoming elections in the Netherland demonstrate how austerity is stoking anti-elitist, anti-Euro sentiments.
Read more...Trump’s and Hensarling’s Fact-Free Attack on Dodd Frank
Debunking Republican canards about Dodd Frank.
Read more...Los Angeles Times Calls Out CalPERS Board for “Trying to Muzzle” the One Director Who “Asks Tough Questions”
The Los Angeles Times weighs in on a story we broke. It sharply criticizes CalPERS trustees for trying to gag their most effective member.
Read more...Mark Blyth on How Liberalism Undermined Democracy and the Failure of the Democratic Party
Mark Blyth gives another astute, sobering reading of US and international politics.
Read more...Cruz’s Plan to End State Regulation of Health Insurers Would Nationalize Worst Market Practices
Dean Baker discusses why some Republican health care fixes are anything but.
Read more...“Hedge Fund Industry Gets Critical Trustee Defeated in Election”
Hedge funds score another win over sound public pension fund governance.
Read more...Ilargi: The Media – Fake and False and Just Plain Nonsense
On political and media hypocrisy.
Read more...Why Central Bankers Should Not Be Trusted With Money: Greek Exit Edition
An upcoming Greek bailout is leading to new discussion of the idea of a Grexit. And as before, some well-meaning ideas are wildly impractical.
Read more...Will Trump Administration Let the IMF Escape from the Next Greek Bailout?
The IMF is at odds with the rest of the Troika about whether Greece can shoulder its debts. Will the IMF be forced to fund the next bailout?
Read more...Private Equity Slugfest! Managing Partner of Sequoia Slams Blackstone Chief Steve Schwarzman in New York Times Op Ed
Rifts are opening up among the financial elite. Michael Moritz, a partner from Sequoia Capital, penned a New York Times op-ed that blasts fellow private equity big dog Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone for cottoning up to Trump and for making his living from squeezing American workers and benefiting from the carried interest tax loophole, which […]
Read more...How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over Education
How universities have come to operate less in interest of the public and more and more as private enterprises.
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