Monday, March 26, 2018

Economics and Corruption related links 032618



Trump steel tariffs may leave these U.S. steelworkers jobless


 

The new Goldman CEO is one woke dude


 

Getting so much better all the time? Think again: Respondents to polls say they expect their lives to improve with time. In general, they do not


 

U.S. health spending twice other countries' with worse results


 

Patients Overpay For Prescriptions 23% Of The Time, Analysis Shows


 

A Cabinet full of corruption


 

Zinke says gas prices dropped 40% under Trump. That's false.


 

Trump advisor: The wealthy can’t be corrupt because they’re wealthy


 

Jeff Sessions Goes Full 'Reefer Madness' on Pot: Attorney general says marijuana is "only slightly less awful" than heroin


 

Trump’s New Economic Adviser Lawrence Kudlow Has Been Wrong About Everything for Decades


 

How Colleges are Screwing Both Teachers and Students


 

Jim Goodman: Free trade should benefit people, not corporations


 

Decoded: 5 Poverty Myths Debunked ft. The Liberal Redneck


 

GOP Tax Break Sucker Punches Wisconsin Workers


 

President Trump’s Made in the USA Report Card


 

Three Percent GDP Growth and Democrats' Irresponsible Opposition to Trump Tax Cuts


 

The true state of Donald Trump’s union? Unlimited corruption: Donald Trump’s first year as president ushered in an era of overwhelming, uncontrolled corruption


 

Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure: The president’s latest proposal does nothing to change the fact that he has failed to deliver on the American people’s top priority.


 

Get Shots First, Ask Questions Later


 

The New Gilded Age


 

GOP Is Wrecking Your Retirement Savings: The rich get richer, and the poor will never be able to retire.


 

Uber and Lyft, Driving Drivers into Poverty and Despair


 

Tip Thievery, Codified


 

Motel Culture


 

Who Will Pay for the New Economy?


 

IT’S LOOKING GRIM FOR ORGANIZED LABOR AT THE SUPREMES.


 

The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise


 

The ACLU just proved that our courts are being manipulated by private debt collectors: A damning new ACLU report uncovers how the private debt collection industry uses courts to do their dirty work


 

Trump’s Big Infrastructure Con


 

A Note to Media: Don't Tell Us Republicans Care About Deficits


 

Oh, Snap! Trump Has Ideas About Fixing Welfare


 

Trump’s Presidency is a Tragedy for the Commons


 

Donald Trump Jr.’s Indian vacation: The family cash-grab continues.  Don Jr. makes a big overseas trip that’s “strictly business” — selling access in the most blatant way imaginable


 

Tips Are for Servers, Not CEOs: The Trump administration wants servers to hand over nearly $6 billion to their bosses.


 

A Guide to Chimera-Land


 

Budget Cuts Drive People Crazy


 

Trump’s Goldilocks Economy


 

Teamsters Declare Sanctuary Union


 

Shernoff, Bidart, and Echeverria– Wide-Ranging Lawyers for the People


 

Janus v. AFSCME, which could decide public unions' fate, comes to Supreme Court


 

The Facts About the Janus Case


 

The method to Trump's seeming tariff madness


 

The Trump Tariff Layoffs Begin: A keg manufacturer lays off workers as domestic steel prices rise.


 

Outlaw weed comes into the light: Humboldt County, the heart of California’s dark marijuana economy, is facing a new market force: legalization.


 

European Union releases 10-page list of potential targets for retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products


 

America's homelessness crisis: The number of homeless people in the U.S. is rising for the first time in years. What's behind the increase?


 

Global trade order suffers under chaos and stress wrought by Trump


 

31,000 Toys 'R' Us employees: No job and no severance


 

CRS Annotated Constitution.  Article I -- Table of Contents Prev | Next.  SPENDING FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE


 

America's Misunderstood Mission: Promoting the general Welfare


 

Republican House Members Think a $450K Salary Is Middle Class


 

President Trump Slaps Tariffs on Solar Panels in Major Blow to Renewable Energy


 

A 2% Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide a $12,000 Annual Stipend to Every American Household: America needs a universal basic income.


 

Kudlow to become Trump's next top economic adviser


 

Here's what the National Economic Council director does — and what that means for Larry Kudlow


 

Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened


 

Trump Admin Is Helping a Lost Generation of Workers Recover


 

Manufacturers Are Hiring, and Hiring: Apparently a cheerleader can make a difference for the U.S. economy. The tough trade talk may hurt, though.


 

Why aren't wages growing faster?


 

There Is Not a Single Good Reason to Deregulate Banks Right Now. Democrats Are Helping It Happen Anyway.


 

The New Working Class: It’s not just men working factory jobs in the Rust Belt—and it never really was.


 

Information Wants to Be Chinese: How investment from the People’s Republic is dividing Washington and Silicon Valley


 

Alternative History: The tradition of conspiracy theories and hate groups behind the alt-right


 

HHS proposes new rule to protect ‘conscience rights,’ issues guidance to allow states to bar groups from Medicaid


 

Trump Budget Proposes $1 Billion For School Vouchers


Wall of Separation BLOG: Trump Budget Proposal Would Funnel $1 Billion To Private, Mostly Religious Schools


 

Supreme Court Rejects Md. School Aid Case


M.L. v. Smith, No. 15-1977 (4th Cir. 2017)


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Idaho Laws Lax In Preventing Child Deaths From Faith Healing


 

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over California Parents’ Religious Objections To Vaccines


 

Colo. High Court Ends Voucher Case


 

The omnibus bill blocks a Trump rule that would allow bosses to keep workers’ tips: The amendment adds much-needed clarity to the Fair Labor Standards Act.


 

America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning


 

White House Says Cutting Meals on Wheels Is ‘Compassionate’


 

Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress.  Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it


 

28 Words to Redefine Corporate Duties: The Proposal for a Code for Corporate Citizenship


 

America's happiness deficit


 

Trump’s New Economic Adviser Lawrence Kudlow Has Been Wrong About Everything for Decades


 

Frontier gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy protection


 

‘What Is Rich?’ Asks Congresswoman Worth $75 Million: “Is $1 million rich? Is $10 million rich? Is $1 billion rich?”


 

How a billionaire couple wants to shake up the drug pricing debate


 

Wall Street Bankers Get Biggest Raise in Four Years: Jump in bonuses is helped by a dialing back of federal efforts to rein in pay

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