Wednesday, May 1, 2024

An economist that future economists—and societies—will dare not ignore

Herman Daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal.

The 100 largest low-wage employers have spent $341 billion on stock buybacks since 2020

And yet top executives seem to have little trouble finding resources for enriching themselves and wealthy shareholders.

The lessons we learned from Jon Ossoff’s defeat

The efforts to build an independent capacity to recruit, train, and support populist candidates up and down the ticket should be redoubled.

It Can’t Happen Here… Can It?

Whether or not Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination or is elected president, for the gathering members of his grassroots coalition, he’s certainly shown what can, indeed, happen here.

A Washington echo chamber for a New Cold War

War: what is it good for? Apparently, in Washington’s world of think tanks, the answer is: the bottom line.
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As gov’t shutdown drags on, IRS continues to aid the rich & corporations while...

As 800,000 federal workers remain furloughed or working without pay in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, we look at how the Trump administration has restarted a division of the Internal Revenue Service to help corporate lenders.

Routing the two-tier system: Part VI – Communication

Communication has become a very important part of our society.  Cell phones are nearly universal, and the Internet and access to it...

Donald, Donald, Donald, we told you a million times not to exaggerate

We deserve better leadership, but we won’t get it until we the people make it happen.

The TPP and Free Trade: Time to Retake the English Language

The TPP is not about free trade.