Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Tag: productivity

Populists and Productivity

“The reality is that we don’t know for sure what is driving the productivity puzzle or whether it is a temporary phenomenon. ”

Time to Recover Productivity Gains Our Bosses Have Expropriated for Decades

If we can’t make the bosses pay more to their employees, the least we can do is make the them pay more into those workers’ Social Security fund. How to accomplish that? Just raise just the employer share of the payroll tax.

You Owe Us, Corporations: Four Reasons Why, and One Way to...

Because corporations have used our resources to develop technologies that are gradually reducing the need for human involvement, and because all of us have contributed to our national productivity, either directly or through our parents and grandparents, we all deserve to benefit.

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Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran

Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran

Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire

As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.

They’re almost here

But where am I?

Trump’s Iran strikes send oil prices surging as markets rebound

Brent crude hits a 52-week high after U.S.–Israel attacks and Strait of Hormuz fears, while the S&P 500 stages a late recovery.

New infographic shows how only 10 companies control every brand we know

Regardless of what the companies claim, the Big 10 do have the power and resources to address hunger and poverty within their supply chains.