Political Economy category archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Speaking of rhymes, Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme from across the big pond.
Details at the link.
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*Mark Twain.
Red Scare Redux 0
Robert Reich offers a theory as to why Donald Trump has gone all Red Scare:
Follow the link for his reasons.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses Louisiana’s decision to bring back slave labor involuntary servitude.
The Privatization Scam 0
PoliticalProf looks follows the money.
Medicare Disadvantage 0
Thom talks with Wendell Potter about how Medicare Advantage has turned out to be just another part of the privatization scam. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
An excerpt:
A society moving forward doesn’t need to erase its history. It needs to understand it . . . .
Emoluments 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lynn Schmidt follows the money from the U. S. Treasury into the Trump family’s pockets.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom looks at how Ronald Reagan’s legacy of trickle-on economics continues to take its toll, feather the beds of the elite, and erode the middle class.
The Cost of Kleptocracy 0
Mona Charen asks, then answers, a question. Here’s the question; follow the link for her answer.
Republican Family Values 0
Thom talks with Alex Lawson about how Republican policies are destroying rural hospitals and eroding health care to enable billionaires to buy more yachts.
Trumponomics 0
Farron notes that conservative economists are not sanguine, discusses Trump’s efforts to end run around the law so as to revive his tariffs, and then wonders why Trump has a tariff fetish.
See the article that Farrom discusses.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
What’s bubblelicious? you may ask.
Per Hillary Remy in the Charlotte Observer, according to the Warren Buffett’s Buffett Indicator, the economy is about as bubblelicious as it’s ever been.
Clouds of Witless 0
Mary Trump marvels at the stupid.
War and Mongers of War 0
Mary Trump looks at what Donald Trump’s (undeclared, unplanned, and unthoughtout) war of choice on Iran is costing American citizens and America’s credibility.