Democratic Party Orthodoxy in Action: “Hit With Some Serious Clinton Blame Cannons”
An example of Democratic Party pathology.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
Fourth Federal District Court Looks Likely to Uphold Fiduciary Rule
The Department of Labor is likely to delay implementation of the fiduciary rule beyond the original April 10 compliance deadline.
Read more...EPA Failures Predate Trump: Evidence Emerges of Tropical Parasites in Rural America
EPA and other regulatory failures that predate the Trump administration have left some poor rural communities swimming in sewage.
Read more...Can Europe Be Saved from Populism?
Two economists offer recommendations on how to defend Europe from an upsurge of populism. Unfortunately, their ideas give cause for pause.
Read more...Lancet Study on Life Expectancy by 2030 Confirms Poor US Performance
A new Lancet study on life expectancy for 35 countries puts up big red flags for US performance.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Why Failing to Solve Personal Debt and Polarization Will Usher in a New Dark Age
Crushing personal debt loads have repeatedly produced economic and social crises. The elites ignore the warning signs at their peril.
Read more...Ian Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking
The £1 billion HBOS Reading fraud, my part in exposing it, and what it tells us about the state of British banking
Read more...It’s Time To Put Food Policy Back On The Table
The agri-industrial model of huge-scale, corporate-run operations vs. the agri-cultural model community-based family farming
Read more...The Opioid Epidemic and the Face of Long-Term Unemployment
The role the opioid epidemic plays in long-term unemployment.
Read more...Globalisation and Economic Nationalism
An in-depth data analysis shows a strong correlation between exposure to competition from imports and a rise in right-wing nationalism.
Read more...Why Extreme Inequality Causes Economic Collapse
A look at how rising inequality becomes systemically destructive.
Read more...Wearing White: What Resistance Looks Like in America’s Heartland
A labor struggle in South Bend as a window into unions’ ongoing resistance to corporate greed.
Read more...Grantham: ‘Twas Capitalism That Killed Capitalism
How capitalism became disconnected from social good, leading to hope for a “strong leader” will take on the rich and powerful.
Read more...Euroland: Will the Netherlands Be the Next Domino To Fall?
The upcoming elections in the Netherland demonstrate how austerity is stoking anti-elitist, anti-Euro sentiments.
Read more...Prospects for Further Meaningful Wage Growth Are Dimming
Why the outlook for wage growth isn’t as sunny as the business press would have you believe.
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