Tag: U.S. Economy
Everything you need to know about the new economy
If between 1979 and 2018, the American economy almost tripled in size, so where did the gains go? Most went to the top.
Monetary policy takes center stage: MMT, QE or public banks?
A network of public banks including a central bank operated as a public utility could similarly fund a U.S. Green New Deal – without raising taxes, driving up the federal debt, or inflating prices.
Why free trade is bad for you (or most of you...
Free trade is simply a euphemism for the corporate capture of international trade.
Why economics must get broader before it gets better
Without significant adjustments, mainstream economics will remain two steps behind changing realities on the ground, and economists will be risking a further loss of credibility and influence.
How to reinvent a rural economy $100 at a time
An old North Carolina mill town turns small individual investments into bigger returns.
Survival of the richest
Real people in the real world, those not at the top, have experienced a decade of ever greater instability, while the inequality gap of this beyond-gilded age is sure to shape a truly messy world ahead.
More than 200 House Democrats introduce bill to expand Social Security
The Secure 2100 Act would protect and expand Social Security benefits to ensure no one retires in poverty.
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?
By the best definition, the poverty rate should be tripled
But poverty deniers won't look deeper, because they don't want to admit that anyone willing to work could be suffering in the richest country in the world.
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The sadistic MAGA Trump Death Spiral twists and turns – a fierce test for...
Motto for the Trump gang could well be J. Robert Oppenheimer’s chilling admission, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
Court filings describe a Homeland Security operation that infiltrated Minnesota unions and churches
Agents subpoenaed years of bank and payment records from the Sunrise Movement and two national unions, none of which has been charged with a crime.
Bulldozers begin clearing ground for border barriers inside Big Bend National Park
Homeland Security set aside the National Park Service Organic Act, the Endangered Species Act and dozens of other laws to authorize the work, and a court challenge to that waiver is pending.
Former police officer sentenced to federal prison for using excessive force
“The actions of Mr. Maynard are disturbing and violate the trust placed in him by the community.”
Lorain County caseworkers reach day 180 of a strike over a dollar an hour
Union officials told the bargaining chair the walkout may be the longest in Ohio public sector history, a claim the county's newspaper could not confirm. Commissioners point to an $11 million deficit.