The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over
Another set of shutdown costs.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
$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.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
Further discussion of the implications of the ideas of an influential conservative libertarian.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Andrew Dittmer continues his series on the world that some conservative libertarian thinkers would like to establish.
Read more...Neoliberalism as Structure and Ideology
A discussion of the early drivers of neoliberalism.
Read more...The Decline of African-American and Hispanic Wealth Since the Great Recession
Unlike income inequality, wealth inequality along racial lines in the US has received relatively little attention. This column highlights how cuts to social security will disproportionately affect minorities.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Vocabulary of Economic Deception
Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging interview, discussing the importance of euphemism in obscuring power relationships and exploitation.
Read more...Short-Term Rentals and the Housing Market: Evidence from Airbnb in Los Angeles
Confirming Airbnb’s effects on rentals and home prices.
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