The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies
Why you should hate the coronavirus “stimulus” bill.
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What the Government Needs to Do Next to Tackle the Crisis
Jamie Galbraith describes what government needs to do to keep hospitals and the real economy functoning during the coronavirus crisis.
Read more...Debt and Power: An Interview With Michael Hudson
Micheal Hudson explains how the ancient approach to managing debt is far superior to ours.
Read more...Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
The bailout bill looks shameless, even by Trump Administration standards.
Read more...How McKinsey Got Greedy
How McKinsey put money over its once vaunted firm values.
Read more...Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
Coronavirus-generated suspensions of testing throws a monkey wrench into the charter school agenda.
Read more...Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Read more...IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
The IMF dons its enforcement brass knuckles.
Read more...Brexit: The ‘Australian Option’?
Boris Johnson fancies that the UK’s future lies with the US. Good luck with that.
Read more...Social Insurance in a Time of Pandemic: A Proposal for the Government to Act as Buyer of Last Resort
It’s not hard operationally for the government to counter economic fallout from the pandemic. The hard part is ideological baggage.
Read more...‘Grotesque Level of Greed’: Owned by World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Wants Workers to Pay for Colleagues’ Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic
Jeff Bezos continues to abuse his workers, this time (or more accurately, again) at Whole Foods.
Read more...Who’s Responsible? How the “Independent Contractor” Dodge Guts Employment Protections
On establishing legal responsibility for employment in the fissured workplace.
Read more...Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalization
Coronavirus risks a series of shortages that can be mitigated only by bringing some production back home.
Read more...Revillaging: Looking to Our Roots as We Redesign Towns and Cities
Revillaging as a way to improve communities by improving daily life.
Read more...Coronavirus: Kids About as Likely as Adults to Become Infected; What Happens When School Closures Become Widespread?
Coronavirus is already causing large-scale school closures abroad; what happens when that becomes the new normal in the US?
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