by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 5, 2019 | • Politics, The Democrats
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights, from ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ from MMFlint on Vimeo. This was FDR’s proposed second Bill of Rights that was filmed after he delivered his State of the Union Address via radio on January 11, 1944...
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 | Mar 4, 2019 | • Politics
“Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy Outside contributors’ opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture. Suddenly there’s a lively debate on both the left and the right about the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 28, 2019 | • Politics
Again,… what does the headline here say? AOC, SANDERS, AND WARREN ARE THE REAL CENTRISTS BECAUSE THEY SPEAK FOR MOST AMERICANS. The numbers don’t lie: 81 percent of voters said they either “strongly support” (40 percent) or “somewhat support” (41 percent)...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 24, 2019 | • Politics, Climate Change & Global Warming
The Hard Lessons of Dianne Feinstein’s Encounter with the Young Green New Deal Activists One imagines that Senator Dianne Feinstein would like a do-over of her colloquy with some young people on Friday afternoon. A group of school students, at least one as young...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 21, 2019 | • Politics, Bernie Sanders, Pseudoscience
My big issue and big complaint about Bernie is his embrace at the time of pseudoscience. If and when he is talking about climate change he can’t say “Scientists say…” and not have it questioned. Bernie Sanders in 2020? Here is his long history...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 20, 2019 | • Politics, Climate Change & Global Warming, Economics & The Economy
How to pay for the Green New Deal The Green New Deal has recently been promoted by a group of Democrats including the inspirational . I first came across it in a in 2008 by the Green New Deal , most of whom are pictured above a decade later ( Andrew...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 20, 2019 | • Politics, Bernie Sanders
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/19/bernie-sanders-perfect-weapon-trump Some key points from the article… —“…even those who do not share Democratic socialist instincts should get behind Sanders. He’s a pragmatic choice. Nobody is better...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 16, 2019 | Bernie Sanders, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Asher Edelman endorses Bernie Sanders – Business Insider The real life Gordon Gekko is supporting Bernie Sanders because of a basic economic principle Asher Edelman, an investor who was one of the inspirations for the nefarious corporate raider Gordon Gekko in...
