Economy

Trickle-Down Returns to Enrich the Rich – updated

Trickle-Down Returns to Enrich the Rich – updated

September 28, 2017

Trickle-down economics has never worked, yet once again it is being used to justify tax cuts for the rich and corporations. Trump and Republicans are once again using this thoroughly debunked theory to justify tax cuts.


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US Economy

US Economy

July 26, 2017

The US economy is still the largest in he world and it makes us one of the richest nations on earth. We think of it as the most dynamic, innovative, technologically advanced in the world. The trends of the last decade show that there is much to be concerned about.  


Economy

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

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

May 21, 2013

Reading this op ed leaves one with the notion that these changes have arisen through some immutable forces of nature. He fails to mention that in parallel with the individual being more and more alone in the world, big corporations and governments are becoming ever more well integrated, feeding at each others’ troughs.