Without Obamacare Penalty, Think It’ll Be Nice To Drop Your Health Insurance? Better Think Twice
The ACA hasn’t made heath insurance more affordable for quite a few people.
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Bernie Sanders: Concentrated Wealth Is Concentrated Power
Bernie Sanders discusses how concentrated economic power is distorting American politics and society.
Read more...Huawei CFO, Daughter of Founder and Possible Heir Apparent, Arrested in Canada on a US Extradition Request on Charges of Transfer of US Technology to Iran
A US criminal case targeting Huawei has thrown a big spanner into US-China relations.
Read more...U.S. Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin Wallets For First Time
The long arm of US law reaches into bitcoin wallets.
Read more...The Impact of Inheritance Taxes on the Labor Supply of Heirs
Inheritance tax cuts cost non-currency-issuing governments more than just the lost inheritance tax revenues.
Read more...Michael Olenick: A Quick Look at the Gilets Jaunes Protests. Update: They Won!
An overview of the gilets jaunes movement.
Read more...How Did Public Land Drilling Rights Become Cheaper Than a Cup of Coffee?
A great public land giveaway is in process….and where has the press been?
Read more...Corbyn Isn’t Seizing the Moment – Because His Labour Party Simply Isn’t Radical Enough
From economic and climate policy, to Brexit and constitutional reform, Corbyn’s Labour doesn’t yet have the depth of ideas to capitalise on the government’s disarray.
Read more...New Research: Australia’s Immigration System Undercuts Workers
Drawing lessons from Australia’s immigration policies.
Read more...American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall: Rise in Suicides, Overdose Deaths the Big Culprit
America’s falling life expectancy is a symptom of rising social distress.
Read more...Betting on BECCS: Will Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage Help the Climate?
BECCS has big problems with its inputs and its outputs. Perhaps other solution to global warming should be prioritized.
Read more...You May Not Actually Own Your Bitcoin: Legal Expert
Yet another reason to be leery of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Read more...The Global Financial Crime Wave Is No Accident
Financial crime is a feature of our global financial system not a bug, pioneering economist Susan Strange recognized.
Read more...Sears Bankruptcy Engineered to Benefit Executives and Stiff Workers
Another look at the ugly Sears bankruptcy.
Read more...Michael Hudson: “Moral Hazard” vs Mutual Aid – How the Bronze Age Saved Itself from Debt Serfdom
Bronze Age societies forgave agricultural debt to keep cultivators working on their land, able to pay taxes and work in the military and on public projects. Lenders were seen as greedy and exploitative.
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