Category Archives: Income disparity

What Would Happen If Biden Stepped Aside?

The alternatives if Biden does not make it to the convention, the options are ugly.

GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility

Increased reliance on GoFundMe for big medical bills (for those that can even raise money) confirms that the US medical system is predatory.

Economic Solutions: How To Go from Financialized Neoliberalism to a Productive, Sustainable Economy

Some concrete proposals for how to slip the yoke of neoliberalism and start building a fairer and more functional economy.

Rob Urie: Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad

Why Lenin was right.

The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High

Big Ag price gouging is driving still elevated grocery store prices. When will that become a political issue?

Why Does Russia Produce More Ammunition Than the US?

Russian industrial performance serves as a point of departure for Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson to discuss the shortcomings of capitalism.

Rob Urie: The End of the World as We Know It

How world leaders and big money interests are resorting to increasingly desperate and destructive strategies to maintain their grip on power.

World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft

The World Bank encourages governments to reduce capital controls, draining precious foreign exchange and government resources.

You Could Have a Wealth Tax Raising a Few Billion or Major Reforms to Existing Taxes That Could Raise £100 Billion or More? Which Would You Prefer if You Wanted To Tackle Inequality?

Watching Davos is enough to make many buy pitchfork futures or push for a wealth tax. But there are better ways to skin fat cats.