From the Speak Up Boldly Group, “In a twist that wouldn’t be believed in the worst TV movie, the surviving Koch Brother and Supreme Court shadow boss Leonard Leo are moving to crush Trump and his tariffs.” A reader notes: …
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Corporate Greed
At left is a reminder that we Boomers are glad we made our money in the 20th and very early 21st Centuries, before the bulk of the corporate greed and corruption set in.
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The U.S. Economy Is in Trouble, but What Exactly Did We Expect?
To me, the funniest part (if there is one) of the fiasco we Americans are experiencing is that somehow, voters elected a president who has no training in economics to make decisions that are having enormously destructive effects on the …
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Child Labor
U.S. child labor laws were put into place in 1938 to protect the educational opportunities of youth and prohibit their employment in jobs that are detrimental to their health and safety. But, as shown at left, today’s mass deportation of …
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In What Sense Is the Economy “Rigged?”
What has happened to the economy over the past half century? Well, here are a number of things that are provable: Almost all new wealth has wound up in the hands of the top 1%, which has driven the demand …
Trump and an Unstable Civilization
An old friend sent me this article that deals with an instability that Team Trump is sewing into human civilization. The real problem of course, is that people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump don’t rely on 401(k)s to provide …
Corruption in the White House
Recently, we learned about Trump’s practice of charging businesspeople $5 million for an audience with him. Now, we have the news at left. Morally, America is in freefall. Is there no stopping this?
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A Golden Age for Corporate Criminals
If you run a corporation and you have a penchant for criminal behavior, this is a great time to be alive.
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How Much Economic Pain Will the Typical American Experience?
On average, Americans’ portfolios lost about five percent in the last month. The specter of deeper losses and hyper-inflation looms over us all.
Comment on the Global Food Trade
A reader sent me the rendering at left. Funny, I didn’t think he knows any more than I do on the multi-national economics of food, which isn’t much. Looking it up just now, it does appear that the U.S., does …
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