by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 31, 2023 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Heather Cox Richardson October 29, 2023 (Sunday) on October 29, 2023 On October 29, 1929, the U.S. stock market crashed. It had been rocked five days before, when heavy trading early in the day drove it down, but leading bankers had seen the mounting crisis and moved...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 31, 2023 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy
Let’s not overcomplicate this: Republicans passed a $2 trillion tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And now they’re refusing to pay for it. It’s really that simple. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 22, 2023
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 2, 2023 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy
Why the 14th Amendment Is Being Cited in the Debt Ceiling Debate Some Biden administration officials believe a constitutional clause prevents the United States from failing to make payments even if it means breaching the debt limit. Send any friend a story As a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 15, 2022 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
The National Debt and Other Red Herrings | Real Progressives Discussions of inflation are often laden with an air of superstition and moral panic. Like all such things they can only persist in the face of misunderstanding and rumor....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 9, 2021 | • Politics, Characters on the Right, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
What Is the Far Right’s Endgame? A Society That Suppresses the Majority. When the Supreme Court decided, in the 1954 case of Brown vs. Board of Education, that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, Tennessee-born economist James McGill Buchanan was...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 27, 2021 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Why CEO pay exploded ” Grandpa, why did top executives began to get so rich in the Clinton administration when you were in the cabinet?” “For many reasons, sweetie. One of the most important was that most of their pay started to be linked to the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 15, 2021 | • Politics, Business, Capitalism, Economics & The Economy, Jobs, Towards A Better America
The main story about the state of Unions in America starts at: 7:08
