Women and the Middle-Aged Taking Brunt of Covid Employment Losses
While the Covid employment picture has unquestionably improved, don’t kid yourself into thinking that it is good.
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NYC Landlords Suing Pandemic-Slammed Small Businesses by the Hundreds for Missed Rent
Pandemic-starved businesses are facing off against landlords who want rent paid. New York City illustrates some of the legal and practical issues.
Read more...Capitalist Systems and Income Inequality
Focusing on class produces a new taxonomy of capitalist countries.
Read more...The Scarring Effect of COVID-19: Youth Unemployment in Europe
Youth unemployment spiked in the EU after the financial crisis. Covid is set to do even more damage.
Read more...Brexit: HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Little Brexit motion and less progress as the clock runs.
Read more...The Coming Deadly Covid Winter
Extrapolating from well-advanced Covid developments leads to some ugly destinations.
Read more...Saudi Aramco’s Landmark IPO Is Costing The Kingdom Billions
How the Saudi Aramco IPO has become a financial millstone.
Read more...To Save the Economy, Biden Must First Save Lives
More discussion of an analysis that concluded that the only way to “fix the economy” was to tackle Covid…and not hope for a vaccine bailout
Read more...Brexit: Decisions
The Brexit trade talks illustrate that not deciding amounts to a decision.
Read more...Reply from Authors of “To Save the Economy, Save People First” Regarding “Lockdowns Work”
More on lockdowns as a core response to community spread of Covid-19.
Read more...To Save the Economy, Save People First: Targeted Measures and Subsidies for Cost Effective COVID-19 Abatement
Evidence on what it would take to beat Covid: lockdowns, mask mandates with teeth, tons of testing and lots of economic support.
Read more...2020 “Globie”: The Carry Trade
A recent book focuse on the role of the carry trade in increasing financialization and instabilty.
Read more...Dealing with the Second Wave: Subsidies, Instead of Ordering Closures
Could officials use carrots rather than a stick to induce short-term closures of high risk businesses like restaurants?
Read more...Matt Taibbi: A Dangerous Moment for the Democratic Party
Matt Taibbi describes why the Democrats are likely to draw all the wrong lessons from their shabby 2020 results.
Read more...Unions Raise Worker Wellbeing
Quelle surprise! Unions look better than they used to, due to the worsening of non-union work.
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