Michael Hudson and Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove of the Poor People’s Campaign discuss Biden “reforms” and the (mis)use of religion in economic justice.
Read more...Hiring has become difficult because some McJobs workers won’t risk their health for a crap wage. So the right wants to beat them down.
Read more...The Q&A from a Michael Hudson talk on money, debt, and economic orthodoxy.
Read more...Michael Hudson gives a long historical account of the role of debt and money as a tool for promoting prosperity and political dominance.
Read more...Mark Blyth explains why inflation in the U.S., Canada, & E.U. is highly unlikely: a room for more government spending and higher wages.
Read more...Why the student loan mess is even worse than you thought.
Read more...On the odd decision by American labor unions to have their own solidarity day, the Workers Memorial Day, rather than participate in May Day.
Read more...The fact that even well-placed young people are insecure and pessimistic is further proof of the impact of inequality and rentierism.
Read more...Savings plays an important role in household management (or does when the household isn’t desperate), yet economists don’t get it.
Read more...Corporate ownership in many sectors of food production has risen and is set to increase further. Another rentier program well underway.
Read more...Unlike the Great Recession, the pandemic has hit women workers harder than men, as well as the job prospects of lower education workers.
Read more...Tennessee judge enters default judgment against opioids manufacturer Endo Pharmaceuticals for discovery misconduct.
Read more...Further discussion of the American and Chinese economic models, focusing on financialization as a central distinction.
Read more...A case study of the “innovation” of learning pods, and why they are being promoted as an alternative to remote instruction.
Read more...Despite its popularity, expect work at home to be reined in when we reach life after Covid.
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