In May 2018, more than eleven hundred American economics teachers and economists, among them eleven Nobel Prize winners, banded together to sign an open
Category: Economy
Imagine yourself in the nightmare that is Venezuela today
Something monumental, and not in a good way, is going on in Venezuela. You might need to get out a map of South America
Guns or butter? Butter, says Peace Economy Project
What’s better: a military-based economy or a peace-based economy? Jason Sibert of the Peace Economy Project, says that cutting military spending and funding human
Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise
We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on
Material Conditions First!
Consider two anecdotes: The First: Recently I tried to get into the mind of a Trump supporter that had posted a status about the
NBC Nightly News grossly misses fairness and balance
Lester Holt, anchor of NBC Nightly News, could not appear to be more affable and concerned about delivering “straight news.” After Brian Williams bloviated
Trump’s wall could ding you at the supermarket
Trump’s wall could affect your weekly trip to the supermarket. Instead of getting Mexico to pay for his pet project, as he loudly promised
Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you
It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,
Barbarian at the gate: 400 prominent economists speak out against Trump
Less than a week before Americans go to the polls, four hundred of the country’s most prominent economists, including eight Nobel Laureates, have signed
Obama’s numbers
Every quarter, Factcheck.org likes to take a look at the numbers since Obama became President. They go deeper than just unemployment and study metrics