by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 12, 2019 | • Politics, Climate Change & Global Warming, Energy, Military
Study: U.S. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed Pentagon Spending The United States has spent more subsidizing fossil fuels in recent years than it has on defense spending, according to a new from the International Monetary Fund. The IMF found that direct and indirect...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 10, 2019 | • Politics, Bernie Sanders, The 2020 Presidential Race
Beating Trump Is Not Enough: The Real Change Democrats Must Pursue If we have another Obama-type presidency, without real change, we will eventually get Trumpism without Trump.. I have always believed “politics is the art of the possible.” This was well...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 8, 2019 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Trump didn’t transform the economy – it’s mostly the same as it was under Obama By President Trump has not transformed the U.S. economy for the better, as he promised he would. It has not “exceeded expectations,” as he claimed in a speech...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 5, 2019 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The great American labor paradox: Plentiful jobs, most of them bad The numbers tell one story. Unemployment in the US is the lowest it’s been in 50 years. More Americans have jobs than ever before. Wage growth keeps climbing. People tell a different story. Long...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 4, 2019 | • Politics, The 2020 Presidential Race
If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out Christine Pelosi, who knows a thing or two about politics, had a sound take on Kamala Harris’s decision to suspend her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 3, 2019 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Almost half of all Americans work in low-wage jobs Almost half of U.S. workers between ages 18 to 64 are employed in low-wage jobs, the Brookings Institution found. Low-wage jobs are pervasive, representing between one-third to two-thirds of all jobs in the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 2, 2019 | • Politics
Why Political Pundits Are Obsessed with Hidden Moderates In the wake of last week’s Democratic presidential debate, the verdict of many in the pundit class was decisive on two points: South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg was the winner and Massachusetts...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 2, 2019 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Massive History of Inequality Study Hints That Revolution is in Store for U.S. There’s a common thread tying together the most disruptive revolutions of human history, and it has some scientists worried about the United States. In those revolutions, conflict...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 27, 2019 | Climate Change & Global Warming
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters – WhoWhatWhy If you are shivering in a freezing, snow-blanketed part of the world, global warming might seem like a fine thing to have. But, believe it or not, you can thank global warming for this cold weather....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 16, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Fact check: 45 ways Trump has been dishonest about Ukraine and impeachment President Donald Trump is dishonest about a whole lot of things. But he is rarely as comprehensively dishonest as he has been about his dealings with Ukraine and the impeachment inquiry they...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 11, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy
Why Radical Libertarians Are the New Communists – Evonomics Commentary By Nick Hanauer and Eric Liu A toxic strand of a political ideology Most people would consider radical libertarianism and communism polar opposites: The first glorifies personal freedom. The...
