The Mooch, the Donald, and the Goldmanization of government
By turning to Goldman Sachs to staff his administration, Trump has surrendered the nation’s economic policy to the Goldman agenda.
The gig is up
Gig work is making capitalism harsher.
America the usual
The longer we have to wait, the actual threats to national security can and will destroy this country.
The more Joe Biden stumbles, the more corporate democrats freak out
The Democratic Party’s most powerful donors are running out of options in the presidential race. Their warhorse Joe Biden is stumbling, while...
The Koch brothers & Trump: The men who sold the world
With the help of the Koch Brothers, Trump and the Republican Party have “moved in the opposite direction from virtually the rest of the world.”
Spreading wealth to maintain consumption
What will happen if robots, AI, and automation displace a huge percentage of workers. How will there be enough consumers to buy all the goods and services produced if there is a big drop in earnings?
Why can’t the two sides just talk to each other?
Is there just no one to talk to on the other side.
How Can a CEO Feel Good About Being Vile?
Is a big raise enough to make CEOs feel good about being so vile?
The two decades that created our world’s first mass middle class
If we take on our rich, we can recreate that success.
The Fog of Intelligence
It seems the national security state and the military have created an un-intelligence system. Tom Engelhardt discusses how the U.S. has been eternally “caught off guard” in the Greater Middle East.