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...
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 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 | Dec 22, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. In 2008, before the financial crisis struck, the plant ran around the clock. Now, the mill coughs to life just five days a week, for eight hours at a time. The machines shovel 10-ton steel slabs into a...
