Inequality in the US: A Tale of Two Countries
A look at US inequality, before and after tax and transfers.
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Inequality Update: Who Gains When Income Grows?
In a perverse reversal of historical norms, more growth produces more inequality as a result of economic policy and changes in legal rights.
Read more...MIchael Hudson: The Democracy Collaborative
Michael Hudson gives new riffs on his regular themes: classical economics and its perversion by Hayek, rentier capitalism, debt jubilees.
Read more...The American Opioid Epidemic
More discussion of the possible causes and implications of the opioid epidemic.
Read more...Bill Black: Kansas Legislature Slips Koch Noose, Authorizes Medicaid Expansion
The Kansas legislature bucks long-standing Republican orthodoxy and votes for Medicaid expansion. A harbinger or a one-off?
Read more...How Monopolies Stymie Political Activism: The Case of Black-Owned Businesses
Black businessmen and political thinkers long recognized that monopolies threatened their communities and their ability to serve as activists,
Read more...Gaius Publius: Senate Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch…Maybe
Why are Democrats considering a Gorsuch deal? Maybe they can’t execute a filibuster due to too many Senators with big corporate backers.
Read more...Wanted: A Skulk of Foxes, or the Case-Deaton Health Study and Trump
Latest study shows white working class suffers health declines: can hedgehog Trump assemble a skulk of foxes to craft responsive policies?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump is Obama’s Legacy. Will this Break up the Democratic Party?
The Democratic Party will keep losing as long as it remains the party of “no hope or change” for the 95%.
Read more...Alice in Gender-Gap Land
The gender pay gap persists, even in supposedly female-friendly fields like the arts, when women have similar credentials and experience.
Read more...The Global Industrial Working Class
Why industrial workers are better positioned than most observers think…just not in the US and many other Northern Hemisphere countries.
Read more...Is Trump Going to Punt on H-1B Visa Reform?
The lack of updates from the Trump Administration about H-1B reform suggests it will miss a key window of opportunity.
Read more...Oil And Gas States Forced To Cut Education Spending
The oil price slump has put pressure on the budgets of the U.S. oil and coal states.
Read more...Will Amazon Destroy More US Jobs Than China?
Why Amazon will destroy a lot more jobs.
Read more...The Role of Experts in Public Debate
How experts, as in economists, wrap themselves in a mantle of jargon and supposed superior insight to promote policies that screw workers.
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