Measuring Unfair Inequality
Quelle surprise! A new study deems the US to be the leader in unfair inequality.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
A Rational Backlash Against Globalization
“In a democratic society that values equality, globalization cannot survive in the long run.”
Read more...Joseph Stiglitz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talk Social and Economic Justice
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be in the limelight. Is she getting her political footing yet? And will she live up to her “democratic socialist” brand, or is she getting more cozy than necessary with establishment Democrats?
Read more...Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond
Another facet of the opioid crisis: on-the-job addiction and overdoses.
Read more...How the Crisis Caused a Pension Train Wreck
Why pension funds, and retirement savers generally, are big victims of the financial crisis.
Read more...Widely-Reported Study on Uber, Lyft Driver Economics Misses Fundamental Deterioration
Once again, some Uber and Lyft data that ought to generate more questions instead gets a free pass from the press.
Read more...Why the Public Debt Should Be Treated as an Asset
Debunking the misconceptions about the role of debt of a currency issuer like the US or UK.
Read more...Michael Hudson: 10 Years Since Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy – Did the Economy Really Recover?
Michael Hudson discusses the economic impact of not writing down debts in the wake of the crisis.
Read more...Here’s Why Setting a Maximum Wage for CEOs Would be Good for Everyone
CEO pay needs to be curbed, and a maximum wage is one way to do it.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Lehman 10th Anniversary Spin as a Teachable Moment
Why you should take conventional wisdom about the Lehman collapse and the crisis with a fistful of salt.
Read more...Census Bureau Reveals Grim Facts about Real Earnings of Men
A look at real earnings data belies happy talk about wage gains.
Read more...The Economy Under Trump: Business Optimism Combined with Inequality
Gerald Epstein dissects the Trump Administration happy talk about the state of the economy.
Read more...If You Read This Book, It’ll Make You a Radical: A Conversation with Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank on what’s the matter with America.
Read more...Michael Olenick: Digging Into Data on the Student Loan Scam
A data dive shows that the student loan business is at least as bad as you think it is.
Read more...Fear and Loathing — Mostly Loathing — with Chris Hedges at the Harvard Club
A conversation with Chris Hedges about his apocalyptic new book America: The Farewell Tour (Simon & Schuster, August 2018).
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