Life’s a Pitch
Another sign of economic insecurity: the pitch economy, where competition becomes more and more degrading.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
Another Way the Rich Preserve Their Advantage: Grade Inflation in Private Schools
Private school grade inflation is a small but nevertheless telling factor in how class mobility has fallen in the US.
Read more...How to Use Fiscal and Monetary Policy to Make Us Rich Again
On the obvious and high cost of abandoning fiscal policy in favor of monetary policy…save for asset owners.
Read more...Fiduciary Rule: Helps Not Hurts Wall Street, So Full Rescission Unlikely
WSJ says fiduciary rule helps Wall Street, so rescission unlikely. But still may be better for retail investors than previous status quo.
Read more...“The Changing of the Guard:” The Prescient 1980 Book That Foretold the Democrat Love Affair With Neoliberalism
How up and coming Democrats in the 1970s and 1980s decided being wannabe Republicans was a path to power.
Read more...The Opioid Crisis: Treating Root Causes of Addiction
Trump’s declared opioid crisis a national emergency; author Dr. Gabor Mate says effective policy would address the causes of addiction.
Read more...Is Skynet Really Coming After Jobs?
An Elon Musk tweet prompts a new round of debate over the risk of AI to jobs and social stability.
Read more...Flagging Productivity Growth – How Much Is Due to Bad Management?
Have management fads contributed to the fall in productivity growth?
Read more...Foxconn’s Con: Seeking Whopping Subsidies for Wisconsin, Michigan Manufacturing Jobs…If They Happen
What the dodgy Foxconn scheme to build factories in the US says about Trump’s commitment to job creation.
Read more...Trump as “Consequence, Not Cause” of the Collapse in the Post Cold War Consensus
How press and pundit fixation on Trump diverts public attention from power structures that work against ordinary Americans.
Read more...Democrats Pushing the “Compete” Word to Justify Doubling Down on Failed, Middle-Class Destroying Neoliberal Policies
Democrats are now telling voters they only need to compete better…and offer policies that have repeatedly failed to “help”.
Read more...Yes Men Target “Better Deal” #DNCTakeBack Scam
The DNC’s Better Deal scam is barely out of the box and the Yes Men are already making fun of it.
Read more...Austerity in One Country: The Case of Britain
A devastating review of the recent history of austerity in the UK.
Read more...Struggling but Stuck in Rural America
The Wall Street Journal describes why it’s so hard to escape struggling rural towns. Too bad its readers will hear none of it.
Read more...Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing
An update on Republican tax cut plans, and why they are economic chicanery.
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