Nomi Prins: Trump’s Bait and Switch — How to Swamp Washington and Double-Cross Your Supporters Big Time
Trump turns to billionaires as Cabinet picks: apparently “draining the swamp” means filling it with new layers of golden sludge.
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Back From Full Employment To “Inclusive Growth”
“Inclusive growth” is economics NewSpeak for pretending to be concerned about the diminished opportunities for the middle and lower classes.
Read more...Washington Post Refuses to Retract Article Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites
The Washington Post triesto get itself out of the damage done to Naked Capitalism and other sites by saying accuracy is not part of its job.
Read more...GT Group’s Protean Ian Taylor in the UK: Reuters’ Special Report on 43 Bedford Street, and More
An ignominious decade of UK company registration, illustrated by UK companies formed by Ian Taylor, an old friend from New Zealand
Read more...Witch Hunt: “Fake News” Software Touted by CBS Smears Naked Capitalism, ShadowProof, TruthDig, Others; Creator Admits He Made Up Who Went on Hit List
Naked Capitalism, Consortium News, Counterpunch, Truthout, TruthDig are under another “fake news” attack, this from a browser extension.
Read more...The Standing Rock Sioux Will Be Ready To Take a Trump Challenge to Courts
The Sioux have a decent legal case against Trump Administration efforts to revive the Dakota Access pipeline.
Read more...Bill Black: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Not Austerity
Any plan by Democrats to “Help Working People” should begin with the word “jobs.” But an obsession with austerity makes that impossible.
Read more...Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Four: Understanding That Unregulated Monopoly Was Always Uber’s Central Objective
Why Uber’s goal is replacing urban car service with a higher cost, less efficient operation that would extract wealth from the public.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers
Will the failure of Renzi’s constitutional referendum and resulting political uncertainty finally force Italy’s banking crisis to a head?
Read more...Trump Picks Ex-Goldman Banker, Steve Mnuchin, Known as ‘King of Foreclosures’ to Head Treasury
Why you should be worried about the prospect of Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary.
Read more...India: Demonetization and its Discontents
Why have India’s citizens not reacted more forcefully to the huge disruption created by a misguided demonetization program?
Read more...Trump Starts Revealing His True Colors: Government by Plutocrats, For Plutocrats
The outlines of how Trump will govern are emerging from the fog, as revealed by his Cabinet picks. As expected, there is a lot not to like.
Read more...Trump Loves to Win, But American Generals Have Forgotten How
Trump recognizes that the senior U.S. military leadership doesn’t know how to win. But can he do anything about it?
Read more...Round Up No Suspects: The Bio Telemetry Settlement Demonstrates the Continuing Impunity of Health Care Organizational (and Other) Leaders
As has become usual in enforcement of laws regarding kickbacks, bribes, fraud etc, the case was resolved by a relatively small fine
Read more...Bill Black: Howard Dean Wants to Continue Austerity’s Assault on the Working Class
Why Democrats like Howard Dean believe in and sell austerity snake oil.
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