The Financialization of Child and Elder Care: The Tax Justice Network December 2019 Podcast
Private equity is moving in a big way into elder and child care services in the UK. Patients and parents beware.
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Productivity Does Not Explain Wages
As long as we believe the neoclassical productivity farce, we will know nothing about what causes prices.
Read more...Sanders Report Shows How Millennial Generation Is ‘Being Punished With Crushing Student Debt and Low-Paying Jobs’
Sanders commissioned a GAO report on how high student debt levels and lousy wages translate into poor economic prospects for young people.
Read more...After the Argentina Debacle, the IMF Endorses Weakening Capital Controls in Ecuador
The IMF is backing a tax reform bill in Ecuador that will enable capital flight and further austerity.
Read more...As Rural Americans Struggle for Health Care Access, Insurers May Be Making Things Worse
How health insurers discriminate against rural communities.
Read more...Bill Black: Lawrence O’Donnell Aims at Buttigieg, But Hits New Democrats
A takedown of the New Democrats’ love of austerity.
Read more...The Green New Deal as an Anti-Neoliberal Program
On the positive effects of a Green New Deal.
Read more...Boeing Halts 737 Max Production to Reduce Cash Burn; Suppliers Hit; Measurable Ding to GDP Expected
Boeing takes a 737 Max self-preservation measure, to the detriment of suppliers and even the overall US economy.
Read more...Don’t Blame Corbyn or Brexit: Labour Failed To Rage Against the Hated Political System
A take on why Labour failed.
Read more...Evil is Baked into Big Tech’s Business Plan. Now What?
In her new book, Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar explores how companies like Google and their tech brethren stampede over all of us.
Read more...Mariana Mazzucato: What Is Economic Value, and Who Creates It?
Mariana Mazzucato takes apart conventional wisdom about how economic value is generated.
Read more...There is No Economics Without Politics
Debunking the pretense that the economics discipline is neutral or objective.
Read more...As NLRB Delivers ‘Victory’ to McDonald’s, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant’s Dirty Anti-Union Tactics
McDonald’s does not play nice.
Read more...The “Fixing Capitalism” Headfake
Why most plans to create a kinder, gentler capitalism fall way short.
Read more...Payday Lenders Offering Installment Loans to Evade Regulations – But They May Be Even Worse
When is a payday loan still pretty much a payday loan? When it’s an installment loan with annual interest rates over 100%.
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