Mammon category archive
No Surprises Here 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier considers tonight’s debate between Biden and Trump and wonders
Put another way, the same question goes, debate what?
Methinks he has a point.
Follow the link for the rest of his thoughts.
The Privatization Scam 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini finds himself disgusted, but not surprised, at the money grab.
Devolution 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Darryl Cornelius describes a descent.
This New Gilded Age 0
The Des Moines Register takes issue with Iowa’s recent attempts to bring back child labor. Here’s the beginning of the editiorial:
1. The exploited children.
2. The owners and managers who scheduled the exploited children.If you picked 2, congratulations! You’ve mastered the increasingly popular art of transforming guilt into grievance.
Follow the link to learn who’s truy the victims here.
The Crypto Con 0
Writing at the Washington Monthly, Graham Steele, expresses concern that Congress might fall for the Crypto Con. He notes that
Follow the link to find out why he thinks this bill is a not very good really really bad exceedingly stupid idea.
Aside:
If you want to learn more about the Crypto Con, check out Harry Shearer’s Le Show, where he has a regular feature on the “Crypto Winter.” (Click on an episode and you can see what topics are covered in that episode and what time they appear.)
This New Gilded Age, Reprise 0
Paul Krugman offers a theory as to why many of the rich seem to be support Donald Trump, despite his obvious incompetence;
Wealthy Americans, though, are surely betting they’ll pay lower taxes if Trump wins.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom discusses how trickle-on economics has made the rich richer and the poor poorer.
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Sam talks with Judd Legum about how corporate landlords are using hiding behind software to collude to raise rents.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
You just might fall to the ground go Bo(e)ing! Bo(e)ing!
At The Seattle Times, Debra Katz and Lisa Banks look at what went wrong at Boeing. A snippet:
Follow the link for their reasoning.
And, in more news of the fiendly skies . . . .
The Privatization Scam 0
Thom dissects the con behind Medicare (Dis)Advantage and the con that is coming.
Freedom of Screech 0
More evidence that twits own Twitter of X offenders: “Likes” will no longer be visible. At Joe.My.God,Joe Jervis observes that Elon Musk recently got royally roasted for “liking” a post by an avowed Nazi and comments:
But obviously, the main intent of this move is to elevate the posts of extremists, as you can plainly see by the post below by X’s official account.”
Follow the link for context.
The Privatization Scam 0
Thom talks with Dr. David Himmelstein about the deleterious effects of Medicare (Dis)Advantage.
This New Gilded Age 0
Mike and Farron discuss the exploitation economy (plus a little Tik-Tok).