Tag: U.S. Economy
The truth about the Trump economy
Instead of an “economic boom,” most Americans are experiencing declines in all these dimensions of their lives.
Does the United States have a ‘strong’ economy?
The bottom line: The economy that America’s rich run is doing quite well for America’s rich.
Trump’s 4 biggest lies about today’s economy
Trump is having only one positive impact on the economy: His continuous P.T. Barnum lies about how good it is have improved consumer confidence.
We can no longer afford a fossil fuel economy
The costs of not acting are high. The benefits of investing in a clean energy economy would be widespread. We need to keep building the movement.
To stop the next financial crisis, we need public ownership of...
Public ownership of banks is not as crazy as it may sound. It has been the default political response to financial crises around the world for decades.
Trump betrays workers – again and again and again
Despite all the posturing, this is an administration and Congress beholden to deep-pocket donors and entrenched corporate interests, that is acting relentlessly and systematically to undermine working people.
Trump era: ‘There is great disorder under the sky, so the...
The chaos of the Trump era is an opportunity for positive political change.
Three good reasons to liquidate our empire
The United States is not seriously contemplating its own bankruptcy. It is instead ignoring the meaning of its precipitate economic decline and flirting with insolvency.
Was Goldman’s CEO ‘inspiring’ or good for the Economy? Nope, and...
Lloyd Blankfein and his peers are strangling genuine growth, turning a productive economy into a financialized one, and driving up already-unsustainable levels of inequality.