Brexit: Blame It on the Banking Crisis
The parts of the UK hit hard by post-crisis austerity had a strong tendency to vote for Brexit.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
How Teacher Strikes Are Exposing the Corrupt Charter School Agenda
Teachers are taking aim at the way charter schools drain resources from public schools.
Read more...France’s Great Debate
One in two French citizens wants to participate in Macron’s Great Debate across France. High stakes for Macron and French democracy.
Read more...Ray Dalio: Capitalism Isn’t Working
A squillionaire critique of capitalism. Funny how they decry inequality but won’t give all their money away to help remedy that.
Read more...GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic Gaps’ In Health System Showing Up In Crowdfunding
GoFundMe campaigns as proof of America’s health care crisis.
Read more...What Truck Drivers Say about “Driver Shortage” & Pay Increases
Debunking another “worker shortage” story.
Read more...The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over
Another set of shutdown costs.
Read more...$15 Minimum Wage: Job Killer or Path Out of Poverty?
This Real News Network segment sets forth the most common arguments against increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, or alternatively, a living wage level, and shows why they don’t hold up to scrutiny. A decent minimum wage is even more important when the supposedly robust US economy is increasingly creating McJobs. JAISAL NOOR: […]
Read more...The Downside of Market-Minded Philanthropy
Beware of squillionaires practicing philanthropy…..
Read more...Thoughts on Warren and Sanders: How Much Change Is Needed in 2021?
A look at Warren’s and Sanders’ fundamental political stances and what they might mean for their 2020 campaigns.
Read more...Starting the New Year Badly and Well
Handicapping the new year based on early indicators.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Response to Reader Comments
A follow up to Andrew Dittmer’s series on libertarian thinking.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part VI – Certainty
The implications of conservative libertarian ideas.
Read more...Intergenerational Mobility in the US: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Economic mobility has fallen in the US. But which cohorts have suffered most and why?
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
More on the implications of the writings of prominent conservative libertarian, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
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