Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
The bailout bill looks shameless, even by Trump Administration standards.
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Covid-19: A Tale of Three Regions
An epidemiloigist looks at Covid-19 data.
Read more...A Modest Proposal: Make Sure the Public Knows, in Real Time, When Congresscritters are Dumping Shares
The COVID-19 specter led Congresscritters to coo reassurance, and dump shares. A modest proposal: require immediate disclosure of trades.
Read more...Michael Hudson: A Debt Jubilee is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
In the face of massive economic calamity caused by coronavirus, Michael Hudson argues a debt jubilee is the only way to avoid a depression.
Read more...NYU Preparing for Possible Use of Dorms as Field Hospitals
Contingency planning for emergency hospitals.
Read more...UN Chief Warns of Coming Recession for the Planet
The UN feels compelled to weigh in on the less-than-sunny economic outlook.
Read more...Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
Coronavirus-generated suspensions of testing throws a monkey wrench into the charter school agenda.
Read more...Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Read more...Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
Interview with prison expert Michele Deitch about what can be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons: NOW!
Read more...A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
California braces for the COVID-19 storm.
Read more...The Coming Fiscal Crisis Of State And Local Governments
State and local governments will soon be in a world of hurt.
Read more...IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
The IMF dons its enforcement brass knuckles.
Read more...There’s Nothing So Political as a Pandemic
a line has been drawn around political process, cameras have been pointed at it, and we’ve been taught that it’s something for us to watch from afar, a hobby to buy into, or not.
Read more...Why Sending $1,000 Checks to Everyone Won’t Solve the Coronavirus Crisis (Updated)
Why the Republicans’ planned coronavirus bazooka isn’t big enough.
Read more...Triggering a Global Financial Crisis: Covid-19 as the Last Straw
An ambitious deleveraging plan as a Covid-19 response.
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