by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 4, 2018 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Jeff Bezos’s $150 Billion Fortune Is a Policy Failure Noncompete agreements are another tool Amazon and other big companies use to suppress the costs of labor and to bolster their bottom lines, to the benefit of major shareholders. Amazon’s contracts have...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 14, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs, Tax Policy
Inflation hits 6-year high, wiping out wage gains for the average American Prices rose at their highest clip since 2012 over the past year, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The 2.9 percent inflation for the 12-month period ending in June is a sign of a growing...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 18, 2018 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Historically, Income Inequality Is Known As A Destroyer Of Civilizations – The Intellectualist Getting to the point of your book, you argue that if people want to address income inequality, they shouldn’t be blind to the fact the only policy that has...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 17, 2018 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem. For about a week every year in my childhood, I was a member of one of America’s fading...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 18, 2018 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the distinction of its own Wikipedia entry. The industry’s response to that kind of doomsday description...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Tax Policy
Tax cut scoreboard: Workers $6 billion; Shareholders $171 billion Yet shareholders, not workers, are far bigger direct winners from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. American companies have lavished Wall Street with $171 billion of stock buyback announcements so far...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 2, 2018 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Written back in 2010, it is still true today… Why Nobody Wins Unless Everybody Wins Most people who know me know that I’m a devoted Bruce Springsteen fan. I’ve spent more than 30 years listening to his music, attending his live shows (more than 100...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 17, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Tax Policy
Millionaires and billionaires will enjoy their private flights much more this winter season following the GOP’s tax reform plan. The recently passed tax bill will provide the biggest wins for America’s richest citizens, according to expert analysis. Some of these...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 17, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
…A key empirical question in the inequality debate is to what extent rich people derive their wealth from “rents”, which is windfall income they did not produce, as opposed to activities creating true economic benefit. Economists define “rent” as the difference...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 2, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
The most important chart of 2014, explained in under a minute Matt Yglesias explains in 45...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 1, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
References: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2… Wealth Inequality Wealth Inequality in America Perform the following thought experiment. Remove yourself for a moment from your present socioeconomic circumstances and imagine that you are to be replaced...
