Tag: economy
Learning all the wrong lessons from the 2008 financial crisis
NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Why America cannot afford to let the US Postal Service go...
The agency’s importance is growing. Come November, American democracy may depend on it.
Why Mitch McConnell’s refusal to help states with pandemic costs is...
McConnell is focused on one thing—capitalizing on the crisis at the expense of working Americans.
Becoming a marginalized person in a pandemic is eye-opening
So it is with some interest that I find myself now, in this time of coronavirus pandemic, suddenly in an un- or underprivileged status.
Solidarity over sanctions
By not responding to the global health crisis in a humane way, the American foreign policy establishment and many of its allies are eroding the country’s soft power and risk having much less influence over world affairs when it passes.
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities...
In our own pandemic – with some of the most well-off now clamoring for the economy to re-open, despite the ongoing spread of the disease – these issues are strikingly relevant.
Get dumped food to the hungry
In America, the so-called wealthiest nation on earth, tens of millions go hungry while food is dumped because no one in government can get it together to get it to them.
Addressing the climate crisis strengthens economies, new research finds
"Combating climate change is not a matter for one country. It requires collective action and cooperation from all countries around the world."
Time for UBI is NOW!!!
WE working stiffs are, in reality, in this together... whether some out there like it or not!!