Austerity for the Plebes, Bank Rescues for the Rich
The bank panic is proving to be an exercise in class warfare that may well wind up further strengthening the right.
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Fossil Fuel Industry Phase-Out: Three Critical Worker Guarantees for a Just Transition
PERI research shows just transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries and critical to limiting climate change
Read more...Fed-Inflicted Bank Wobbles Persist as Investors Fret About Deutsche
Bank fundamentals do not look likely to get better any time soon, yet the Fed seems determined to make matters worse.
Read more...Your ‘Recycled’ Grocery Bag Might Not Have Been Recycled
Recent laws encourage recycling old plastic into new products. But verifying recycled content relies on tricky math.
Read more...Crash Landing? Part 2 – The Usual Suspects
What parts of the financial system are most vulnerable to a crash?
Read more...What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play.
Law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking
Read more...Crash Landing? Part 1 – Bonfire of the Banks
Satyajit Das looks at how banks got themselves into so much trouble and what the recent bailouts portend.
Read more...The Fed Accused of ‘Playing With Fire’ After Latest Rate Hike
The Fed confirms that its priority is crushing workers, and it believes it’s protected banks enough to allow it to continue.
Read more...How the Current Refusal to Deal Harshly with Failing Banks and Their Executives Will Create an Even Bigger Crisis
Why the expected official response to this bank panic wil make matters much worse, just not right away.
Read more...Medicare Advantage Uses Algorithms to Block Care for Seniors
How AI is institutionalizing Medicare Adantage fraud, to the degree that appeals of denials often outrun the patient’s life.
Read more...Lack of Grownups in the Room Exacerbates Bank Freakout
The bank firefighting squad seems to be out on a bender.
Read more...Fed, Central Banks Created the Current Crisis and Are on Course to Making Matters Worse
The Fed has a lot of ‘splaining to do, yet seems determined to keep doing the wrong thing.
Read more...Medicare Plan Commissions May Steer Beneficiaries to Wrong Coverage
More Medicare “buyer beware” alerts.
Read more...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?
Read more...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.
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