Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents

Why the UK Needs a Financial Transaction Tax

Claims that a financial transaction tax would be difficult to implement and raise little revenue are fake news.

What This Election Proves Is the Need for Epoch Making Change

The upcoming UK election will usher in major change. But will it be change that benefits ordinary people?

Neoliberalism and Climate Change

How economists have contributed to climate change inaction.

The Privatized Internet — Entire .ORG Domain Registry Sold to Investment Equity Firm “Ethos Capital”; Registration Fee Restrictions Removed

Private equity grifting meets internet domain names.

Financing a Global Green New Deal: System Change Needed

Discussion of a contested topic: How to pay for a Green New Deal.

Making Sense of Bolivia’s Discontent

Unpacking the many political and policy contradictions in Bolivia over the past decade.

Health Care Dysfunction Makes It to the Presidential Debate

A damning compendium of what ails the US health care industry.

‘Destroyer of Newspapers’ Vulture Fund Buys Majority Stake at Tribune Publishing

Newspaper unions express fear that Alden Global Capital “is looking to bleed its next chain of newspapers dry.”

“The UN Is Being Turned into a Public-Private Partnership”: Harris Gleckman Explains Stealth Takeover by World Economic Forum

Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system – and what can be done to stop it.

The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This

The coup in Bolivia as a resource play.

Private Equity Under the Hot Lights Today at House Financial Services Committee Hearing, “America for Sale?”

Private equity gets some long overdue scrutiny.

“Do You Have To Travel the World To Know What Poverty Is?”

A revealing discussion of poverty, in not a good way.

How the Fed Boosts the 1%: Even the Upper Middle Class Loses Share of Household Wealth to the 1%. Bottom Half Gets Screwed

It is bizarre to see the Fed present data showing the Gilded Age level of wealth accumulation by the 1% as if that were a badge of honor.