Cruz’s Plan to End State Regulation of Health Insurers Would Nationalize Worst Market Practices
Dean Baker discusses why some Republican health care fixes are anything but.
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Why the Dakota Access Pipeline Doesn’t Make Economic Sense
The math on the Dakota Access Pipeline doesn’t add up.
Read more...“Hedge Fund Industry Gets Critical Trustee Defeated in Election”
Hedge funds score another win over sound public pension fund governance.
Read more...Ilargi: The Media – Fake and False and Just Plain Nonsense
On political and media hypocrisy.
Read more...Will Trump Administration Let the IMF Escape from the Next Greek Bailout?
The IMF is at odds with the rest of the Troika about whether Greece can shoulder its debts. Will the IMF be forced to fund the next bailout?
Read more...Private Equity Slugfest! Managing Partner of Sequoia Slams Blackstone Chief Steve Schwarzman in New York Times Op Ed
Rifts are opening up among the financial elite. Michael Moritz, a partner from Sequoia Capital, penned a New York Times op-ed that blasts fellow private equity big dog Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone for cottoning up to Trump and for making his living from squeezing American workers and benefiting from the carried interest tax loophole, which […]
Read more...Trade and Political Power: The Past and Possible Ways Forward
The evolution of the post World War II trade framework and potential progressive responses to the downside for workers.
Read more...Cringley: How Silicon Valley Can Sidestep Trump H-1B Visa Restrictions
Why restrictions on H-1B visas may not do much for tech workers.
Read more...How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over Education
How universities have come to operate less in interest of the public and more and more as private enterprises.
Read more...From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: On Policy
Bipartisan compromise on ObamaCare “repair”?
Read more...Don’t Side With Neoliberalism in Opposing Trump
If you side with neoliberalism in opposing Trump, you risk helping him win a second term in office.
Read more...From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: The Politics
As Republicans shift ObamaCare policy from “repeal and replace” to “repair,” how will that affect swing states?
Read more...Is Inequality a Political Choice?
International comparisons on inequality do not put the US in a good light. Quelle surprise!
Read more...Rex Tillerson Backs Aggressive Policy in Disputed South China Sea as Exxon, Russia Eye Region’s Oil and Gas
Oil may be a big reason behind the Trump Administration’s aggressive stance towards China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Read more...Border Adjustment Tax Could Help Europe Find Common Voice on Trump
Europeans mull retaliation if Trump moves forward with his border adjustment tax.
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