by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 1, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The article is from the summer of 2015 but geez it is still relevant today in 2019! Raising the Minimum Wage is only the Beginning… If you want to tackle poverty; but first lets discuss what raising the minimum wage would do. Low income workers spend the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 5, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Two Charts Show Trump’s Job Gains Are Just A Continuation From Obama’s Presidency There has been a fair amount of rhetoric about the job growth and lower unemployment rate seen since President Trump took office. Candidate Trump touted that there would be...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 3, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
I was looking around for something that would explain to me exactly what Trumponomics is (other than a random scattershot policy) and while I haven’t really found an answer yet I did come across this interesting video on what Trump doesn’t get or...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 1, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Jobs, Tax Policy
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 7, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
What if the National Debt Doesn’t Actually Matter? The national debt is ballooning, surpassing $22 trillion. Conservatives and progressives alike, are aghast at the number and different political parties will use this number to different ends, but all will say...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 7, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
A thorough defense of Modern Monetary Theory “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” — Gandhi’s aphorism neatly describes the trajectory to date of Modern Monetary Theory, the latest incarnation of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 7, 2019 | • Politics, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Democrats’ Twitter war: Should U.S. borrow a lot, or a whole lot? WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twitter may not be the best place to decide the future of the U.S. economy. But square off a Nobel laureate and a former U.S. Treasury chief against a firebrand...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 6, 2019 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
This video by Robert Reich was first published back in 2013 but it is still just as true today and it’s getting...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 4, 2019 | • Politics, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Bernie Sanders’ 2016 economic advisor Stephanie Kelton on Modern Monetary Theory and the 2020 race With U.S. government Kelton currently works as a professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University. Previously, she served as chief economist for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 24, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 15, 2019 | • Politics, Bernie Sanders, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Mentioned in the video: WPA — Works Progress Administration – Wikipedia Basic income – Wikipedia What Is A Federal Jobs Guarantee? | HuffPost Job guarantee –...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 7, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
West Virginia poverty gets worse under Trump economy, not better West Virginia has a growing poverty problem, and experts there who study the issue say Americans in every state should pay attention. The Appalachian state is, along with Delaware, just one of two states...
