Sunday, March 22, 2026

Tag: economy

Learning all the wrong lessons from the 2008 financial crisis

NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

Why America cannot afford to let the US Postal Service go...

The agency’s importance is growing. Come November, American democracy may depend on it.

Why Mitch McConnell’s refusal to help states with pandemic costs is...

McConnell is focused on one thing—capitalizing on the crisis at the expense of working Americans.

Becoming a marginalized person in a pandemic is eye-opening

So it is with some interest that I find myself now, in this time of coronavirus pandemic, suddenly in an un- or underprivileged status.

Solidarity over sanctions

By not responding to the global health crisis in a humane way, the American foreign policy establishment and many of its allies are eroding the country’s soft power and risk having much less influence over world affairs when it passes.

Reopening day 2020?

Big-time spectator sports are the last things we need...

How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities...

In our own pandemic – with some of the most well-off now clamoring for the economy to re-open, despite the ongoing spread of the disease – these issues are strikingly relevant.

Get dumped food to the hungry

In America, the so-called wealthiest nation on earth, tens of millions go hungry while food is dumped because no one in government can get it together to get it to them.

Addressing the climate crisis strengthens economies, new research finds

"Combating climate change is not a matter for one country. It requires collective action and cooperation from all countries around the world."

Time for UBI is NOW!!!

WE working stiffs are, in reality, in this together... whether some out there like it or not!!

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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.

DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure

On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.

Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails

The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.