Reopening Isn’t Reopening—It’s Cutting Off Unemployment
In case you wondered why conservative states are all gung ho about reopening….
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Public Pension Plans in a World of Hurt; Even Loyalists Warning of Grim Prospects
Not surprisingly, public pension fund economics look pretty sick.
Read more...Congress and Corporations Join Forces To Crush American Small Business
Funny how that small business bailout worked…..
Read more...The Wealth Effects of Bailouts: A Quantitative Assessment
Once again, income earned by the many is used to save the wealth of the few.
Read more...Testing and the State Petri Dishes of Democracy
Looking at state (non) progress on Covid-19.
Read more...Coronavirus To Decimate Colleges and Universities
US universities are facing a world of hurt.
Read more...From the Blitz to COVID-19, Our Rulers Have Got Us Wrong
Covid-19 as yet another opporutnity for elite prejudice.
Read more...Waiting for “Rooseveltian Relief”: An Oversimplified Framework for the Employment Situation
“Nothing fundamental will change.” –Joe Biden
Read more...Coronavirus Magical Thinking, US Style: Contact Tracing Versus Masks
With bad coronavirus outcomes, America seems set on continuing to do dumb things.
Read more...Surgical Masks: From Protection to Fashion?
A random walk through the world of masks.
Read more...Tom Ferguson: Big Business Takes Cash as Workers Laid Off, States and Cities Go Bust
Tom Ferguson and Paul Jay discuss how Democrats and Republicans distaste for accountability by finance and big corporations is playing out in the coronacrisis
Read more...Mass Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism
Why unemployment is a feature of capitalism.
Read more...From Juanita Broaddrick to Tara Reade: In Forty Years Has Nothing Changed at All?
Remember Juanita Broaddrick? The fact that you probably don’t speaks volumes about our political culture.
Read more...Don’t Do It Again! The Swedish Experience With Negative Central Bank Rates in 2015-2019
Why negative interest rates were a bust.
Read more...Hunger Rises Dramatically in America
Hunger levels are shooting up and Republicans want to do as little as possible about it.
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