The Conspiracy Guy – 01.03.18

Conspiracy Guy Show #57: Protests in Iran looks very much like a classic CIA attempt to bring about “regime change”, just as it has done in many nations across the world and, indeed, in Iran in 1953. While the prospects of success are not great, many who have supported Donald Trump are going to be disturbed by the extension of …

Alternative Visions – Ideology in Economics—How It Works to Benefit the Wealthy – 09.18.17

Dr. Jack Rasmus explains the notion of ideology in mainstream economics and how it works to create false arguments like ‘business tax cuts create jobs’, ‘free trade lifts all boats’, ‘markets are efficient’, ‘inflation is always caused by too much money chasing too few goods’, recessions are caused by external shocks to a stable (equilibrium) economic system, interest rates determine …

Wall Street Vampires – Paul Krugman

Last year the vampires of finance bought themselves a Congress. I know it’s not nice to call them that, but I have my reasons, which I’ll explain in a bit. For now, however, let’s just note that these days Wall Street, which used to split its support between the parties, overwhelmingly favors the G.O.P. And the Republicans who came to power this …