The “People’s Fed” and the Oracles of Jackson Hole
As long as the Fed’s organizational culture is dominated by the financial sector, it cannot reflect the American people’s needs, hopes and values.
The Labour Party has regained its principles and offers hope to millions
In this upcoming UK election the differences between the Conservatives and Labour are defined and stark; its importance cannot be overstated.
How magical is Donald Trump?
Progressives not only need to resist the plutocratic agenda, but also to put forth our true people's agenda and start rallying voters around it.
A Nation’s Shame: Trillions in New Wealth, Millions of Children in Poverty
With America leading in child poverty and nearing the bottom in education, it's hard to comprehend the thinking of people who cut funding for homeless and hungry children. But this resentment and disdain for society reaches around the globe.
Two deranged blowhards walk into a bar . . . pontificate like know-it-alls ....
The horror exceeds whether Trump is stupid, ignorant, senile and/or fixated, even locked into failed “instinctual” responses. What matters is the damage done from MAGA recklessness before being defanged, decommissioned, impeached or exiled.
How the world hides liability for climate deaths
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life.
What’s the matter with Eastern Europe?
Welcome to the birthplace of Trumpism.
Think your job is safe from the robot invasion?
How soon before we have a bot-plot, with a cabal of rogue robots conspiring to overthrow an unsuspecting CEO and seize control of a corporation?
Biden must choose between a ceasefire in Gaza and a regional war
The genocide in Gaza and the stark choice facing President Biden and U.S. decision-makers.
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.