Category Archives: Politics

CalPERS’ Long-Term Care Policy Train Wreck – Is Bankruptcy the End Game?

CalPERS’ long-term care policy mess is even worse than industry norms, which is saying quite a lot.

The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust

Why Trump’s tax “reforms” didn’t deliver on growth, just on rentierism.

The ‘New Right’ Is Not a Reaction to Neoliberalism, but Its Offspring

Why the success of the far right shows that neoliberalism is very much alive and well.

Waste Watch: Why Do We Discard So Many Edible Fish We Pull From the Sea?

New House of Lords report laments failure to slow discarding edible fish back into the sea; Australia also tosses much of its catch.

How NGOs in Rich Countries Control their Counterparts in Poor Countries..and Why they Refuse to Resolve it

Many NGOs around the world are fighting inequality between the rich and the poor, but the bigger NGOs are unwilling to fight policies that keep rich NGOs richer.

Will Democratic Party Superdelegates Prevent a Progressive Nominee in 2020?

This Real News Network interview discusses the threat of superdelegates intervening in the 2020 Democratic party convention.

Is There a Global Future for Unions?

A personal retrospective on the forces driving the rise and decline (and hopeful revival) of unions.

Michael Hudson: De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire

Michael Hudson on how the US was able to turn its change from creditor to debtor to its advantage.

Brexit: Will Boris or Won’t He?

Does Johnson have any Brexit wriggle room?

Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure In California

Hospitals flex their muscles and the public loses.

It Is Time To Start Forgiving Student Loans – And Here Is What It Will Cost

A far-ranging plan for cleaning up the student loan mess.

Transfer (Mis)pricing, the Jewel in Every Multinational Enterprise’s Crown

Transfer pricing: How developing countries lose $3 billion every day through an accounting trick that allows corporations to avoid paying tax.

PG&E Neglected Maintenance for Years Despite Known Fire Risk; Judge Demands Prompt and Clear Answers to WSJ Expose

A Wall Street Journal expose of PG&E’s willful failure to maintain its transmission lines, directly tied to California’s most lethal fire, led a judge to demand answers.

Recycling Woes: Indonesia Sends Waste Shipment Back to Australia

Developing countries are refusing to accept shipments of waste for recycling; China’s new rules on scrap metal may disrupt the worldwide market for such recycling.