The J K Galbraith Question: The Tyranny of Private Consumption
Can advanced economies free themselves of the pathology that John Kenneth Galbraith warned about, of excessive consumption?
Read more...Category Archives: Income disparity
Exploring the High Rates of Social Violence in the Americas
For decades, the Americas have been the most violent part of the world outside active war zones. Solutions remain difficult to achieve
Read more...Ending Taxes on Home Sales Would Benefit the Wealthiest Households Most – Part of a Larger Pattern in Trump Tax Plans
With Trump chaos-making and zone-flooding, some gimmies to the well-f, like a proposed tax break on home sales, are going under the radar.
Read more...The Milton Friedman Question
A critical look at the anarcho-libertarian (per his son) propagandist Milton Friedman.
Read more...What Slowdown? Q2 GDP Growth Revised Up to Hot Zone of 3.8%, Stronger Consumer Spending & Private Fixed Investment
The second upward revision of GDP is a headscratcher in light of other data and on the ground reports. Can readers help make sense of this?
Read more...Trump Again Applies His Tariff Wrecking Ball to US Citizens and Businesses with 100% Levy on Imported Patented Drugs, 25% on Imported Trucks, 30% to 50% on Furnishings
Trump is again deploying his tariff weapon, mainly at hapless American patients and consumers….and Indian drugmakers.
Read more...Masters and Minions and Muppets, Oh My!
Time for muppets to develop class consciousness and unite.
Read more...AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments
The Trump Administration plans to launch a new war against citizens, here via a pilot scheme to use AI to cut Medicare services.
Read more...US Medical Care Set to Fracture Over MAHA as States and Physicians Groups Break With Administration Recommendations, Plan to Fund Own Research
How an informational civil war is starting in the wake of MAHA.
Read more...The Karl Marx Question
Karl Marx has aged well. What happens if you take his analysis seriously?
Read more...U.S. Military Leaders Plan to Use the Killing of Charlie Kirk to Boost Recruitment. Will It Work?
The armed forces face much bigger problems than can be solved by a useful martyr and a catchy slogan.
Read more...Trump UK State Visit Demonstrates That the Power Elite Has Drawn Up the Drawbridge Over Safety Fears
The handling of Trump’s UK state visit confirms elite insecurity and safety fears. Like many Trump and UK/EU moves, crackdowns may backfire
Read more...Prison Labor: The Last Stronghold of Slavery in the US
Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labor. It’s time to finish abolition
Read more...Trump to Give CEOs Even More Power Versus Investors Via Ending Quarterly Reporting, Other Anti-Transparency Measures
Trump is again weakening America’s position to the benefit of the privileged few, here public company CEOs
Read more...How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe
How student loans became a vehicle for higher educational profiteering and exploitation of students.
Read more...