Neoliberalism’s Press Gangs: How Markets Raise Costs
Neliberalim’s press gangs – forcing citizens to participate in capitalism when even it produces worse outcomes than public ownership would.
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SEC Conference Features Former Official Calling for Fraudsters to be Protected from Career Harm
No matter how bad you think things are at the SEC, you routinely find out that they are worse, as a recent conference revealed.
Read more...Welcome to the Great Australian Scab Grab
Australia is in the grip of the greatest economic scab grab of my lifetime
Read more...How the Democratic Party Became Undemocratic: The History of the Superdelagates
The origin of how the Democratic party made sure its elites remained firmly in charge.
Read more...Bogus Defenses of Tax-Dodging Corporate Inversions
How corporate executives mislead the public about the economic effects of inversions and other tax strategies that book profits overseas.
Read more...Sanders and Class Struggle in the Democratic Party
Sanders versus Democratic Party’s institutionalized corruption and domination by billionaires.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! US Big Business Prefers Clinton to Trump by 2:1 Margin
Major corporations generally prefer a former Goldwater Girl to the transgressive Trump. But will they spend enough backing her to make a difference?
Read more...Gerald Friedman: How the Dogmatic Despair of Mainstream Economists Brought You Donald Trump
Mainstream economists to ordinary citizens: Drop dead. Or more accurately: Sorry, nothing more can be done for you. There is No Alternative.
Read more...Germany and IMF in Staredown Over Greek Debt Relief
The IMF and Germany have staked out irreconcilable positions on Greece. Who will blink first?
Read more...Hall of Shame: HUD Finally Forces Private Equity Buyers of Distressed Mortgages to Give Real Modifications After Years of Complaints Now That HUD Chief is on Clinton VP List
HUD finally acts on a festering problem, apparently to improve the odds of HUD chief Julian Castro getting a plum Clinton Administration post.
Read more...After Distancing Herself From Bill Clinton’s Economic Policies, Hillary Wants Him as Mr. Economic Fix It
Like the Bourbons, the Clintons appear to have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
Read more...Democratic Establishment’s Thuggish Power Grab at Nevada Convention
The Democratic party establishment shows its true colors in Nevada.
Read more...Inflation Targeting and Neoliberalism, Part 2
Why inflation targeting is a destructive practice.
Read more...Trump Slams US Wars in the Middle East
Despite his considerable flaws as a candidate, Trump is making a serious case against US policy in the Middle East.
Read more...Tax-Dodging Corporate Inversions Accelerating
New rules by the US Treasury to curb corporate inversions haven’t done enough to slow the rising tide.
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