Krugman Kinda, Sorta Retracts a Key Part of Last Friday’s ‘Sanders Over the Edge’ Op-ed
Being Paul Krugman means never having to say you’re sorry.
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John Helmer: Brookings Launches Unguided Missile – The Panama Papers as Putin Plot
Brookings issued an astonishing report, and not in a good way, about the Panama Papers.
Read more...#panamapapers Offshore Funds: On the Run With (Almost) Nowhere to Go?
The owners of offshore funds really might be seeing their comeuppance.
Read more...How Not to Audit the Pentagon: The Military Waste Machine Is Running Full Speed Ahead
A look at wretched excess, Pentagon style.
Read more...How Bill Clinton’s Mass Incarceration Policies Fed Rising Higher Education Costs and Student Debt Burdens
The costs of Bill Clinton’s mass incarceration policies are even higher than you thought.
Read more...We Stopped Pfizer’s Tax Dodge, Now Let’s End the Buybacks
Why companies, particularly ones that get large taxpayer subsidies like Pfizer, should not be allowed to manipulate their stock prices thorough buybacks.
Read more...Bill Black: Hillary and Bill and Paul Krugman Race to the Right to Stop the Bern
Bill Clinton repeats urban legends to defend his crime bill, which Hillary advocated, that lead to the mass incarceration of blacks.
Read more...Paul Krugman Crosses the Line
Krugman is increasingly discrediting himself as a commentator on economics.
Read more...#panamapapers: Questioning the Picture Painted in the WSJ’s Interview With Jürgen Mossack
A sceptical look at Jürgen Mossack’s WSJ interview
Read more...Ireland: a Recovery Built on Sand
How official statistics exaggerate Ireland’s performance, largely due to its status as a tax haven/offshore financial center.
Read more...Gillian Tett Shows She Does Not Understand Offshore “Profits,” Parrots Corporate Propaganda Instead
Repeat after me: Apple and Big Pharma companies are not keeping cash offshore as a result of tax rules, but they are successfully misleading the press and politicians.
Read more...Don Quijones: Colombia Pays the Steep Cost of So-Called “Free” Trade
Colombia demonstrates the cost of being subject to investors lawsuits under “trade” deals.
Read more...Bill Black: The Myth that Obama’s Taking Huge Contributions from Wall Street Was Fine
The notion that Obama and Clinton weren’t influenced by large Wall Street donations is laughable.
Read more...North Carolina Knowingly Allows Fox to Run State Pension Henhouse
North Carolina takes a big step backwards by allowing its sole state pension trustee take jobs that create glaring conflicts of interest.
Read more...Jamie Dimon Tells Us We Need to Leave Too Big to Fail Banks Alone
Jamie Dimon likes to write grandiose letters to shareholders. This year’s version is no exception.
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