by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 17, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 22, 2017 | • Politics, Capitalism, Democracy, Economics & The Economy, Education, Health Care, Income Inequality, Jobs
Harvard Business School: The U.S. Political System Has Been ‘Hijacked’ – The Intellectualist A new case study by Harvard Business School asserts that U.S. politicians have rigged the system to such a degree that the U.S. is becoming a failed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 21, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs, Tax Policy
Yes, Bank Of America (Merrill Lynch) really did say that and yet these people in the top 1% want us to believe that giving corporations a tax break will result in more and/or better-paying jobs for the rest of us (and not just bigger dividend checks to the company...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 20, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs, Tax Policy
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 7, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Mainstream Economics Has Become a Celebration of the Wealthy Rentier Class – Evonomics Inequality By Michael Hudson The One Percent have found a pressing need for the services of mainstream economists To paraphrase Mark Twain, everyone complains about...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 17, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Meet Trump Idiot ‘Brad.’ Brad Just Got Humilated On MSNBC Mansplaining ‘Economy.’ If you know ONE THING about MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle, it is that she came to TV news directly from Wall Street. If you know more things about her, you are...
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 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 | 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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 31, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
When workers have more money, they spend more, and then businesses hire more.
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 30, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
It’s Simple! Concentrated Wealth and Inequality Crushes Economic...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 18, 2017 | • Politics, Income Inequality, Jobs
The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: Working-class whites Working-class whites are the biggest beneficiaries of federal poverty-reduction programs, even though blacks and Hispanics have substantially higher rates of poverty, according to a new study...
