Mammon category archive
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Well, this should work out well (about as well as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, that is).
Chris-Crossed 0
Chris Christie joins the ranks of those willing to sacrifice lives* on the altar of the Dow-Jones Average.
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*Lives of others, it goes without saying.
Supply Change, Reprise 0
The Washington Monthly explores why, even as we as shoppers are greeted by shortages and empty shelves at our grocery stores, farmers are dumping milk and killing livestock because they are unable to get them to market.
They pose this questions; follow the link to see how they answer it:
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Turning Trickles on Wall Street 0
Thom discusses the path from trickle on economics to our botched response to COVID-19.
The Art of the Steal 0
The Las Vegas Sun warns that scammers are determined to go viral with your stimulus check (and anything else they can get their paws on.
The Privatization Scam 0
Scott Maxwell tells the tale of a highway project in Orlando, Florida, in which it looks as if the primary thing being privatized is the public’s money. Here’s a bit:
It turns out they’re doing neither.
Part of the project is already a year behind schedule. Five workers have been killed. More than 1,000 drivers and property owners have filed claims for everything from misplaced barrels to chunks of concrete that fell through windshields.
And now there are $125 million in overruns — with no guarantee there won’t be more.
