Category Archives: Income disparity

Medicare Plan Commissions May Steer Beneficiaries to Wrong Coverage

More Medicare “buyer beware” alerts.

Were the Bank Bailouts the Result of Rising Wealth Concentration?

Are many of the explanations of the recent bank tsuris barkign up the wrong tree?

The High and Getting Higher Cost of Renting in the US

Why renting is even more expensive than ever, even pinching the soi-disant middle class.

Michael Hudson Talks to Ben Norton About SVB and Bank Failures

Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging talk on SVB and other recent bank collapses, focusing on the considerable role of misguided Fed policies

SVB and the Only Choice We Have

How the SVB bailout confirms the dedication of the elites to self interest only.

US Officials Make Non-Bailout Bailout of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank and Continue Class Warfare

An over-zealous Fed pushed a few banks, including the big and super connected Silicon Valley Bank, over the edge. A bailout was a given.

How Does JK Galbraith’s The New Industrial State Hold Up After 6 Decades?

How John Galbraith correctly called many developments that have had great political and economic significance, like the decline of unions

Why Student Debt Cancellation Is Reasonable, Not Radical

Discuss: “The right has narrowed the parameters of discussion on student debt forgiveness. Biden is not fighting back aggressively enough.”

What If the World Cannot Save the World from Climate Change?

How climate change reveals a crisis of international governance.

Rail Workers Warn Safety Bill Loopholes Are Big Enough to ‘Run a Freight Train Through’

Post East Palentine rail safety reform proposals are embarrassingly unserious.

New York Fed Identifies a New Way Dollar Hegemony Is Not Good for Emerging Economies and Other Growing Things

Another mechanism by which US does harm through our indifference to to the impact of our dollar/interest rate policies on other countries.

The Fiscal Side of Europe’s Energy Crisis: The Facts, Problems and Prospects

A deep dive into the costs and impact of the recent, large-scale European energy subsidies.

Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care

A big reason US health sucks is that the government refuses to crack down on abuses like price gouging and billing games.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Two: Losses Top $33 Billion But Uber Has Avoided The Equity Collapse Most “Tech” Startups Experienced

An update on Uber financial fakery and continued lack of bona fide profits.