December 2018 – AmericanDelusions

Recently Noted – PhDs on Food Stamps – Labor in US Higher Ed

December 24, 2018

American higher education, once the envy of the world, is continuing to slump towards a becoming a factory for debtors. With falling public tax support around the country for our two and four year colleges and universities, students are underwriting the enormous growth in tuition and administrators’ salaries with student --->> read more -->>

House Cleaning at AmericanDelusions

December 18, 2018

New Topics Prompted by comments from a reader I’ve undertaken some changes in the organization of the site. Most significant are four new categories: education environment inequality women. Gone are the days when my Introduction to AmericanDelusions included the note: “Missing But Not – Two topics that do not appear in --->> read more -->>

Women Continue To Face A Big Pay Gap – and on into the future

December 18, 2018

In 2017, female full-time, year-round workers made only 80.5 cents for every dollar earned by men, Women are almost half of the workforce. They are the sole or co-breadwinner in half of American families with children. They receive more college and graduate degrees than men. Yet, on average, women continue --->> read more -->>

The Innovation Economy – not here in America

December 17, 2018

The nearly continuous puffing up of Silicon Valley, the construction of an enormous bio-pharma complex in Cambridge, and other examples of high tech ebullience are offered up by the mass media and the business press as evidence of a dynamic economy. The actual facts show a different story that should --->> read more -->>

American Wars – The Secrets of Vietnam and Afghanistan

December 6, 2018

The recent movie The Post (about the Washington Post newspaper and its involvement with the Pentagon Papers – see below) poses interesting reminders of the power of the US government to rain death on countries that fall under our imperial domain and simultaneously keep the American people in the dark --->> read more -->>

Medicare for All – Cheaper and Better

December 3, 2018

“We therefore estimate that Medicare for All could reduce U.S. Health Consumption Expenditures by about 9.6 percent while also providing decent health care coverage for all U.S. residents” The Medicare for All movement gained some new support from a study released last week. The research report, “Economic Analysis of Medicare --->> read more -->>