Economy Archives — American Delusions

John Oliver and Monopoly Capitalism

February 21, 2018 Comments Off

Corporate concentration of income and wealth are core features of capitalism. From its earliest chroniclers and cheerleaders like Adam Smith, the drive for corporations to get ever larger and in the doing drive their competitors --->> read more -->>

US manufacturing out vs employment 1947 - 2011

A Note on Jobs & Unemployment – revised

December 31, 2017 Comments Off

A Note on Jobs & Unemployment Original publication date – 12/27/2016; Revised – 12/31/2017 As the presidential campaign of 2016 fades away and the Trump Era begins, we find a national scene without any real --->> read more -->>

Jobs, Automation, Walmart, and Globalization – low skill, low pay jobs disappearing

October 30, 2017 Comments Off

Trump and Republicans (and some Democrats) puff up the return of well-paid manufacturing jobs and toss about ideas that thirty years of globalization can be reversed by renegotiating NAFTA and other trade agreements. All the --->> read more -->>

Recently Noted about the US Economy – Dynamism in Retreat

October 12, 2017 Comments Off

“Dynamism in Retreat: Consequences for Regions, Markets, and Worker”, a February 2017 report from the Economic Innovation Group provides interesting evidence that the US economy has been loosing its innovative edge and that the slowdown --->> read more -->>

Globalization Taking American Hi-Tech Jobs – IBM example

October 1, 2017 Comments Off

The impact of globalization on the US economy has been mostly cast by the media and politicians in light of the disappearance of many manufacturing jobs and the swarms of cheap products imported to fill --->> read more -->>

Trickle-Down Returns to Enrich the Rich – updated

September 28, 2017 1

Updated 9/28/2017 When I posted this back in June 2017, I was hardly prescient, just sure that Republicans and conservative Democrats would return to the illusory language of trickle-down economic growth. Yesterday President Trump kicked --->> read more -->>

Economy

John Oliver and Monopoly Capitalism

A Note on Jobs & Unemployment – revised

Jobs, Automation, Walmart, and Globalization – low skill, low pay jobs disappearing

Recently Noted about the US Economy – Dynamism in Retreat

Globalization Taking American Hi-Tech Jobs – IBM example

Trickle-Down Returns to Enrich the Rich – updated

US Economy

Capitalism and Free-market Ideology (Neoliberalism)

Building the New American Economy – Not

Thomas Friedman’s It’s a 401(k) World – facile, misleading