Inflation and Power
Why the Fed’s approach to inflation has the main effect of reducing labor bargaining power, which is seldom the real problem.
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What Would Happen If Biden Stepped Aside?
The alternatives if Biden does not make it to the convention, the options are ugly.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...Rob Urie: Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad
Why Lenin was right.
Read more...Trump, Populism, and the Republican Establishment: Two Graphs From New Hampshire
This year’s New Hampshire primary testifies to the disintegration of the Republican Party
Read more...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?
Read more...What’s the Fate of Social Security in a Brutally Unequal America?
Presidential contenders ignore root causes threatening Social Security. Is it due to their reliance on wealthy donors?
Read more...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.
Read more...With Trump Front of Mind, New Hampshire Voters Cite Abortion and Obamacare as Concerns
Quelle surprise! Voters are concerned about matters that affect them personally, like abortion access and health care costs.
Read more...The Left Has a Great Story to Share About Alternatives to Capitalism—But Sucks at Telling It
Why is the left so lousy at messaging?
Read more...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.
Read more...Young Activists Working for Change
Young activists are more prevalent and effective than our orthodoxy-enforcing media and pols would have you believe.
Read more...World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft
The World Bank encourages governments to reduce capital controls, draining precious foreign exchange and government resources.
Read more...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.
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