Why the Right Fiercely Attacks the US Postal Service: Its Unions
Looking at a big reason why conservatives are so keen to privatize the US Postal Service: to eliminate its unions.
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They Looted Companies — Now They’re Looting the Government
Poor and self-serving corporate oversight practices are going bigger and badder as they are taken to government.
Read more...“How Long Is It Before Reform Implodes?”
Is Reform less formidable than its stunning success in recent local council elections indicates?
Read more...Currency Wars, Class Warfare, and the Republican Dilemma Over Medicaid
Faced with a shrinking list of options to trim the budget, Republicans are now eyeing Medicaid – but will that fly among Trump supporters?
Read more...Distributional and Macroeconomic Effects of Trump 2.0: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer
The likely outcome of Trump policies are a recession, a rise in inequality, and a further fall in living standards of working and middle-class Americans
Read more...At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead
More proof at Social Security of the damage done by letting DOGE run wild.
Read more...The EU Zombie Uses Trump as Cover to Further Feed on Citizens
Ursula and company are inching towards using emergency powers for first installment of 900 billion ‘rearmament’ because Trump.
Read more...Complacency, Denialism and the Risk of an Economic Trumpocalypse
Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.
Read more...Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand
An update on the worsening shortfalls at food banks as the impact of Federal cuts takes hold.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 2: Contagion & Containment
Mapping the contagion fever chart of how a Trump financial meltdown might unfold.
Read more...The Legal Limits of Trump’s Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities Like Philadelphia
Trump is escalating his campaign against sanctuary cities, and potentially even sanctuary churches. How might that play out?
Read more...Michael Hudson and Yanis Varoufakis with Ann Pettifor on Economic and Political Paradigm Changes
The formidable trio of Michael Hudson, Yanis Varoufakis, and Ann Pettifor assess the rapid changes in our economic system.
Read more...How the American Economy Is Rigged to Serve the Rich, and Why Tariffs Won’t Change That
The money to support well-paid American jobs exists—it’s just being hoarded by the rich.
Read more...Company Accused of Organizing National Rental Housing Cartel Goes on Offense as Trump DOJ Mothballs Price-Fixing Case
In a lawsuit against Berkeley, RealPage contends that using pricing algorithms to coordinate residential rents among mega landlords is “free speech.”
Read more...‘Making the West Great Again’
At her recent meeting with Trump, IItalian PM Giorgia Meloni declared her allegiance to “western nationalism.” What does such nonsense portend for Italy and Europe?
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