Trump Starts Revealing His True Colors: Government by Plutocrats, For Plutocrats
The outlines of how Trump will govern are emerging from the fog, as revealed by his Cabinet picks. As expected, there is a lot not to like.
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How the Global Left Destroyed Itself (or, All Sex Is Not Rape)
Why the politics of sex in particular, and identity politics in general, have undermined the left.
Read more...Bill Black: Howard Dean Wants to Continue Austerity’s Assault on the Working Class
Why Democrats like Howard Dean believe in and sell austerity snake oil.
Read more...Bigger Cities Benefit the Rich, Harm the Poor
Australia’s major cities are benefiting the rich more than the poor and are becoming breeding grounds for inequality in the process.
Read more...Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
Why Trumpism caused mainstream ‘social science’ to fall like a house of cards.
Read more...Can Trump Really Make U.S. Coal Great Again?
What are the prospects for the restoration of King Coal under Trump?
Read more...Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom
Corporations are winning an ideological battle, securing lower income taxes around the world. But how far can this trend go?
Read more...Bill Black: Krugman’s Failure to Speak Truth to Power About Austerity
Krugman’s fiscal orthodoxy led him to enable Hillary’s disastrous embrace of austerity rather than call her out for it.
Read more...Bill Black: Hillary’s Threat to Wage Continuous War on the Working Class via Austerity Proved Fatal
Black recounts how fundamental austerity-driven economic policies had become to the Democrats and how Hillary embraced them wholeheartedly.
Read more...Donald Trump: “My 100-Day Action Plan”
A look at Trump’s major proposals.
Read more...Where Was Roosevelt?
On the tactics of labor early in the Roosevelt administration.
Read more...Will Trump Be Rolled by the Republican Establishment?
If Trump is serious about policies like rebuilding infrastructure and reducing foreign conflicts, can he prevail over his party’s establishment?
Read more...The Old Democrat Wall Street Plus Identity Politics Playbook is Dead
The Democrats need to reinvent themselves. Appeals to identity politics will not deliver enough votes.
Read more...Bill Black: Liberals Didn’t Listen – The Immense Cost of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
Why liberals (which do not forget is not the same as the left) reaped the whirlwind in the elections
Read more...Judge Jed Rakoff Throws Down Gauntlet to Judges on Lack of Due Process in America
How the judicial system is failing ordinary Americans and why judges need to address this large and growing problem.
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