Mammon category archive
This New Gilded Age 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice notes that, in real estate price-fixing management company RealPage’s own words, the price-fix was in.
The Crypto Con 0
I guess a life-long con artist just can’t resist the temptation, even if he be a bit late to the game.
No doubt, though, he will find plenty of pigeons in his flock.
Loan Sharks 0
I notice that, when student loans are discussed, it is seldom noted that the price of college has skyrocketed while middle-class income has stagnated over the past 40 years of this new gilded age.
Gauging the Gouge in This New Gilded Age 0
Sam and the crew reveal the market farces used to rationalize greedflation.
This New Gilded Age, Reprise 0
Union-busting is apparently the cool new retro thing for the gilders of this new gilded age.
This New Gilded Age 0
As Mark Twain pointed out, history does not repeat itself, but it often echoes.
This New Gilded Age 0
Sam and the crew talk with Anne Kim, contributing editor at Washington Monthly, about the roots of the privitization scam.
The Crypto Con 0
Now, it’s coming after your pension fund (assuming, of course, that you even have a pension fund in this New Gilded Age).
The Entitlement Society 0
Boy, if this isn’t a manifestation of the entitlement society, I don’t know what is.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Elon Mush has a new suit.
This New Gilded Age 0
The Washington Monthly’s Anne Kim takes a deep dive into the “Heritage” Foundation’s plan to bring back robber barons, aka Project 2025, and concludes that “it’s even worse than you think.”
This New Gilded Age 0
Farron looks at the “Heritage” Foundation’s Project 2025 plan to raise taxes for the poor, who have litle money, and lower taxes for the rich, who have lots of money.
Disparate Treatment 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, law professor Samantha Buckingham wonders how Donald Trump’s numerous criminal trials might have gone if he were not protected by his (reputed) wealth.
Stray Thought 0
“Yes, but will it hold up in court?” is no longer a valid rhetorical question.
We have seen that, with the application of enough juice for a long enough time to the correct vulnerable points, anything, regardless of legality or morality, will hold up in court.
How Stuff Works: Trickle On Economics 0
Aside:
Methinks the fundamental principle of Reaganomics, which still afflicts the polity was, “From each according to his ability to boss man according to his greed.”
Freedom of Screech in This New Gilded Age 0
Self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk threatens to take advertisers to court so as to force them to place their advertising speech on Twitter X, because he is absolutely in favor of freedom of speech, or something.
Yeah, I know, it sounds absolutely insane. Follow the link and decide for yourself.