Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Economics and Corruption related links 032817




How to Stop For-Profit Colleges: Lawmakers are cracking down on them for shady business practices. But sociology professor Tressie McMillan Cottom says bigger forces are at play.


 

The New Dream: The Third Wave of Environmentalism


 

The Great Abandonment: How decades of economic hardship and neglect have turned Nebraska's farming towns into Donald Trump country.


 

Farmers Rethink Support for Trump: Farmworkers, employers and trade groups are all concerned that they’ll be hurt by the fallout of Trump’s plans on immigration and trade


 

Hallelujah, Trump Rushes to Aid the Needy!


 

Medicare ‘Reform’ Versus the Populist Tradition


 

CALIFORNIA WEIGHS SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE BILL


 

To Save Main Street, Tax Wall Street


 

Steve Mnuchin is No Joe Kennedy and He's Unfit for His New Gig


 

Solar Now Provides Twice As Many Jobs As The Coal Industry: The solar industry is adding jobs much faster than the overall economy, but still makes up just over 1% of the country's total power supply. Clearly, there's room for growth.


 

The Trouble With Trade: People Understand It


 

NAFTA Has Harmed Mexico a Lot More than Any Wall Could Do


 

Rethinking Infrastructure


 

We feel as though we have been able to rejoin society,” family saved by Medicaid says


 

PHAN Statement on Latest ACA Repeal Attempts


 

How Republicans Plan to Ration Health Care


 

Paul Ryan laughs out loud about people losing health care


 

Republicans Are Suddenly Thrilled About The Jobs Report: Now that Trump is president, they’re singing a different tune.


 

Conservatives Find A Paul Ryan Workaround On Health Care: Donald Trump.  When one parent gives you the answer you don’t want...


 

If Rural Voters Were Angry Before, Wait Until The GOP Repeals Obamacare: They’ll pay more and their hospitals will suffer under the GOP replacement for Obamacare, experts say. Democrats are ready to pounce.


 

Paul Ryan Seems Excited To Kick People Off Medicaid: The Republican health care bill goes a lot further than just repealing Obamacare.


 

Cities and States Prefer Public Banks to Wall Street


 

HHS Sec. Tom Price: ‘Nobody Will Be Worse Off Financially’ Under GOP Health Plan


 

The State of American Wages 2016: Lower unemployment finally helps working people make up some lost ground on wages


 

It’s time we acknowledge women’s contributions to the economy—and how much bigger a role they would play in a more inclusive economy


 

Why Selling Trumpcare with “Patient-Centered Care” Sickens the Primary Care Doctor


 

Ryan: Covering more people is just a "beauty contest"


 

Trump supporters in the heartland fear being left behind by GOP health plan: Republican proposal would upend a healthcare system in Indiana that covers many low-income people – in a program that Mike Pence put in place

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/12/republican-healthcare-trump-pence-medicaid-indiana

 

Fed and Markets Align Despite Looming Interest Rate Increase: Strengthening economy, improving earnings and likelihood of measured rate rises buoy stocks


 

Trump Romanticizes the White America of the Past. It’s Time to Stop.


 

The House Republican Plan for Medicaid Would Put My Daughter’s Life At Risk


 

For Chronically Ill People Like Me, the ACA Repeal Is Life Or Death


 

The GOP’s high-risk strategy for Health Law Repeal


 

24 million could lose insurance under GOP health care plan, new report says


 

CBO report: 14 million fewer insured by 2018 under GOP health care bill


 

CBO: 24 million more uninsured under GOP bill over a decade


 

Why the Gap Between Worker Pay and Productivity Is So Problematic: Labor has become more efficient and profitable, but employees aren't sharing in the benefits.


 

A Political Opening for Universal Health Care?  The winner in the fight between keeping Obamacare and rolling it back might be something else entirely.


 

HHS Secretary Tom Price gets destroyed on healthcare by the Today show—pathetic


 

Jason Chaffetz: Poor People Shouldn’t Buy iPhones If They Need Money For Health Care: The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says millions of Americans who might lose health insurance need to “make a choice.”


 

Wall Street Journal Backs GOP Health Plan

So, why would anyone but the top 1% ever subscribe to this publication?


 

Planned Parenthood Cut Could Doom Health Care Bill In The Senate: The legislation won’t survive a “Byrd bath,” senators warn.


 

The Federal Reserve Gives Donald Trump His First Interest Rate Hike: Trump attacked Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen on the campaign trail.


 

GOP Senators Say House Obamacare Bill Has To Change: Senators found an array of faults, raising a challenge for Republican leaders trying to craft a cohesive message.


 

This Is the Ending Conservatives Always Wanted: You can draw a straight line from Reaganomics to Trump's budget.


 

Alabama town agrees in settlement to stop operating debtors’ prison


 

SPLC statement on Congressional Budget Office report on American Health Care Act


 

5 Charts That Explain The CBO Report On The Republican Health Plan


 

Pay grew faster for low-wage workers in states that raised their minimum wage in 2016


 

Congress should reject President Trump’s proposal to cut the Labor Department’s budget


 

The Fed’s rate hike is not surprising, but it is disappointing


 

Does Alexander Acosta still think undocumented workers deserve protection?


 

Shortchanging education, training, and R&D is no way to make America great again


 

Costs will rise and coverage will fall under the AHCA


 

Senator Baldwin is right: AHCA is particularly great for health insurance CEOs, bad for almost everybody else      


 

Another Trumpian monster: Tom Price blows off a cancer patient's concern about losing Medicaid


 

Former Arizona governor Jan Brewer slams Paul Ryan's Obamacare repeal: It will 'devastate' lives


 

One Beneficiary of GOP’s Tax Bill: President Trump: The big tax cut moving through Congress as part of a health bill could potentially save the president millions


 

National Health Care Reform


 

U.S. Stocks Drop Most in 2017, Treasuries Advance: Markets Wrap


 

Insurance Executive Blasts GOP Health Care Proposal: ‘This Bill Is Terrible’.  Unlike his Aetna counterpart, he doesn’t think there’s a “death spiral” under Obamacare.


 

Trump’s Treasury secretary dismisses debt ceiling as a “somewhat ridiculous concept”: Mnuchin's logic was not shared by Republicans — nor Trump — during the Obama era


 

Republicans are struggling to deliver on their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act


 

Confirmation hearing goes smoothly for Sonny Perdue to become ag chief


 

Obamacare Repeal Vote Postponed: Paul Ryan and Donald Trump, aka “the closer,” have lost this battle.


 

Everything About This Republican Obamacare Repeal Vote Is Nuts: It might work anyway!


 

CBO releases new score for ObamaCare repeal bill


 

GOP Health Care Bill Is More Unpopular Than Obamacare Ever Was: Meanwhile, public opinion of Obamacare is the highest since it was signed into law.


 

Donald Trump Literally Nominated The Goldman Sachs Bailout Lawyer To Run The SEC: Will Democrats roll over?


 

Room Full Of Men Decides Fate Of Women’s Health Care: Conservatives say health plans shouldn’t have to cover maternity services.


 

Spicer Denies That Ending Maternity Care Guarantee Would Mean Women Pay More For Health Care: He’s wrong.


 

The cruel double standard that could save Obamacare


 

Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools


 

FactCheck: Trump’s Job Boast


 

A federal budget’s purpose is to fund essential services, trim fat


 

PA Lags Behind Federal Broadband Standards


 

Lawmakers seek to bring right-to-work policies to state


 

Hundreds of Paul Ryan's WI constituents brave winter storm to demand 'health care, not wealth care'


 

Toomey: ‘We’re Not Going To Pull The Rug Out From Under Anyone’ Repealing Obamacare

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