The American Tax Debate
Economists weigh in on the tax proposals by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
African-Americans’ Economic Setbacks from the Great Recession Are Ongoing – and Could Be Repeated
African-Americans still trail badly in average income and wealth.
Read more...The Real Reason Stock Buybacks Are a Problem
Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders propose what are actually modest restrictions on corporate stock buybacks to force their to give workers higher priority.
Read more...Take One Leave One – A New Way to Help the Homeless
Homelessness needs political solutions. But as temperatures plummet, communities are also finding a new way to both immediately practically help, and connect with, homeless people.
Read more...Marshall Auerback: In Antitrust, Size Isn’t Everything
Simply breaking up monopolies via century-old economic remedies recommended by antitrust doctrine is insufficient if it is not accompanied by a rebalancing of economic power.
Read more...Gilets Jaunes Under Attack
The gilets jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strong stance.
Read more...Medicare For All — The Democratic Party Audition for 2020
The debate over Medicare for All is forcing Team Dem to show its true colors.
Read more...Bill Black: AOC# and MMT Spook the AEI
Right wingers go on tilt as AOC talks up MMT.
Read more...BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Tells Corporate CEOs to Engage in Better Eyewash
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink urges corporate CEOs to go to the ramparts and take on the challenge of populists and oh so demanding Millennials.
Read more...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...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.
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