Category Archives: Income disparity

The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why

How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.

Sanders Hails Growing Union Movement as Threat to ‘Oligarchy and Corporate Greed’

As Sanders celebrates the Amazon union victory, some billionaire overlords are getting testy.

Business Groups Thwart Senate Confirmation of David Weil to Key Labor Department Post

Gang of three Democratic senators thwart confirmation of David Weil to key Labor Department post.

Letter to SEC: How Stock Buybacks Undermine Investment in Innovation for the Sake of Stock-Price Manipulation

A comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule “Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization”, aka stock buybacks.

Housing Is a Human Right—Here’s How to Make It a Reality

e federal government has enables the private market to profit from housing. Time for a public option for housing?

‘Their Inflation Strategy Is Working’: Corporate Profits Soared to Record High in 2021

“CEOs can’t stop bragging on corporate earnings calls about jacking up prices on consumers to keep their profits soaring,” said one expert.

War or Peace, Barbarism or Hope: War Threatens World with Stagflation

A short hisory of stagflation and why it’s a pressing risk now.

Corporations Are Suppressing Wages—There’s a Fix for That

Don’t buy the hype about wages rising naturally About 1/3 of American workers are underpaid due to the refusal to raise the minimum wage.

Stagflation Threat: Be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic

More discussion of the current, misguided central bank use of interest rates to combat inflation, and what will probably become stagflation.

Sanders Opposes America COMPETES Act Over Billions in ‘Corporate Welfare’

Sanders takes on the supposed US competitiveness-boosting COMPETES Act as corporate grifting.

At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?

How the growth of a billionaire class is the result of policy choices.

COVID Bailouts Helped Politically Connected Businesses More Than Others – New Research

Firms with political connections, and those owned by large and influential shareholders, benefitted most from allocation of COVID bailout funds.

Is China Socialist or State Capitalist? – Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond

Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond: Will China resist financialization and lead the way on climate policy, or is it practicing capitalism lite?