by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 15, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Health Care, Income Inequality
This is one of the features of the Neoliberal system,…health-care that’s nonexistent or maybe crappy or maybe too expensive to use so is it any wonder were dying younger. —”Absent a war or an epidemic, it’s unusual and alarming for life expectancies...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 31, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Joseph Stiglitz Says Standard Economics Is Wrong. Inequality and Unearned Income Kills the Economy – Evonomics Capitalism By Joseph Stiglitz The rules of the game can be changed to reverse inequality In the middle of the twentieth century, it came to be believed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 27, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Tax Policy
Full Frontal Takes On The Laffer Curve Tax cuts! That’s what everything the Republican Party is doing this year is about. Not just huge tax cuts for billionaires, but permanent huge tax cuts for billionaires. The problem with the Bush Tax Cuts wasn’t their...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 26, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
…A secure middle class is the cause of growth, not its effect; in fact, our economy cannot reach its full potential without it. And a middle class that lives in constant fear of falling out of the middle class isn’t truly middle class at all. From 1950 through...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 19, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy
VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why. Text by Joshua Holland. Graphics and animation by Rob Pybus. This work was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and its Puffin Story Innovation Fund. Last...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 18, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy
15 Things Americans Would Know if There Were a ‘Liberal Media’ Reince Priebus (and apparently many others) still thinks there’s a liberal media. While I share Reince’s frustration with the media, as a liberal, I’d like to go on record and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 16, 2017 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Economics & The Economy
How Obama’s Failure To Prosecute Wall Street Set The Stage For Trump’s Win In his eight years as president, Barack Obama oversaw a civil rights renaissance , laid the groundwork for combating climate change , and shepherded the nation through its worst...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 18, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Why Society’s Biggest Freeloaders Are at the Top – Evonomics Opinion By Rutger Bregman No, wealth isn’t created at the top. It is merely devoured there. This piece is about one of the biggest taboos of our times. About a truth that is seldom...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 15, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Why Garbagemen Should Earn More Than Bankers – Evonomics Markets By Rutger Bregman How more and more people are making money without contributing anything of value Thick fog envelops City Hall Park at daybreak on February 2, 1968. Seven thousand New York City...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 13, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
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by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 11, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
…the pundits are all missing the point: the Trump-Sanders phenomenon signals an American oligarchy on the brink of a civilization-threatening collapse. Why Trump Phenomenon Signals an Oligarchy on the Brink of a Civilization-Threatening Collapse –...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 1, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Economist: Fix America By Bringing Democracy to Work “I’ve got to pinch myself; I’m having the time of my life,” Professor Richard Wolff proclaimed to a standing-room-only crowd last week. At that Jan. 17 event, co-presented by Pacifica’s...
