Category Archives: Income disparity

Bill Black: Not 4 Sale – Why the Corrupt, Worker-Hating New Democrats Must Be Purged

Why the corporate and finance funded, labor-loathing New Democrats have been a disaster for the party and America and need to go.

Johnson: Elites Eying the Exits Signals America’s Crisis

The elites think they can hide from the pending collapse of civilization.

How the Media Continues To Aid Trump

The media overinvests in covering Trump’s antics at the expense of his corporate-friendly policies.

America’s Coming Water Affordability Crisis

A symptom of pressure on water quality and supply: over 40 million American citizens may be unable to afford water in the next five years.

Consternation as Trump Starts Delivering on Campaign Promises While Making More Crazy Attacks on Critics

As with his campaign, the Trump Presidency is loutish, thin-skinned and thinly staffed, disorderly….and taking ground.

BluecollarAl on Our Divided Nation

Our nation seems more divided than ever. And that isn’t an accident.

re: F@ck Work?

Why the Job Guarantee versus Universal Basic Income is not about work, but about governance.

Compensating the “Losers” of Globalization

There is little agreement on how government should respond to the challenge posed by “losers” from globalization.

Bernie Sanders and Trump’s Pick for Health and Human Services Face Off on Right to Health Care

Sanders remains virtually alone among opposition leaders in being willing to take on Trump Administration policy positions.

Bill Black: Obama Loved Austerity and the New Democrats Remain Addicted to It

Black blasts Obama for prescribing austerity and presenting it as good for Americans when it is good only for financiers and the rich.

More on the Economic Hardship of Young Adults

Young adults have had a very rough go and don’t have good reason to expect their economic condition to improve much.

Debate Over Health Care Yet Again Omits Elephants In the Room: Excessive Costs Due to Terrible Incentives and Pricing, Administrative Costs, Pharma Looting

Health care in America is broken and the press and pundits seem desperate to paper over how bad it is.

Does Immigration Boost Growth? A Look at Data From Around the World

Comparative data on immigration doesn’t support the tidy economists’ story that it good for growth…at least not recently.

“Many Areas of Appalachia and Mississippi Delta Have Lower Life Expectancy Than Bangladesh”

Four Nobel Prize winners agree that rent-seeking is the biggest driver of rising inequality.