The term “proxy war” has experienced a new popularity in stories on the Middle East. Various news sources began using the term to describe the…
Wall Street
Have we learned nothing from thirty years of failed trickle-down economics? By now we should know that when big corporations, Wall Street, and the wealthy…
The announcement today (April 29) of a barely positive GDP first quarter 2015 growth rate of 0.2 percent (two-tenths of one percent) is an intentional…
There’s nothing like an outbreak to get parents to vaccinate -- or to help vaccine sales. As a measles outbreak that started in California grew…
If trickle-down economics were anything other than a cruel deception, the United States’ embattled working class would have many reasons to join Wall Street in…
The very same people that caused the last economic crisis have created a 278 TRILLION dollar derivatives time bomb that could go off at any moment. When…
The stock market is rigged. When I started making that claim years ago — and provided solid evidence — people scoffed. Some called it a…
Not long ago I was asked to speak to a religious congregation about widening inequality. Shortly before I began, the head of thecongregation asked that…
The Banks are hopping mad at Elizabeth Warren. So mad, they’re threatening to stop contributing money to the Democrats unless she stops being so … so ……
Are there really secret manipulations of the economy going on in the shadows of Wall Street and Washington? Do bears crap in the woods? The NY Post’s…
Yves here. This post by Ed Walker provides a detailed description of how badly municipalities have been fleeced when they bought interest rate swaps from…
As the sun set on the Occupy Seattle encampment in December 2011, the question “What next?” hung in the air, as it did over Zuccotti…