Sunday, June 24, 2018

Economics and Corruption related links 062418



The Monopolization of America


 

U.S. Could Sanction European Countries Over Iran, Bolton says


 

Here’s a thought: Maybe the stock market won’t crash this year because it can’t


 

The Great American Bubble Machine: From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression -- and they're about to do it again


 

The Vampire Squid Occupies Trump's White House: After running against Goldman as a candidate, Donald Trump licks the boots of the world's largest investment bank


 

Class of 2018


 

As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies

Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s


 

State attorneys general can play key roles in protecting workers’ rights


 

The Workplace Democracy Act restores workers’ bargaining power


 

Robert B Reich - Class in Session


 

The Existential and Emotional impact of Brexit


 

To win, Dems need to take back Trump's slogan: author


 

Healing Our Divided Society: Investing in America Fifty Years After the Kerner Report.  Executive Summary


 

Obamacare Premiums Will Be Way Higher Next Year. They Didn’t Have To Be.  The messy health insurance exchange market was starting to settle down before Trump came along.


 

Campbell's Soup blows up Secretary Ross claim tariffs wouldn't hurt them — and he pushes back anyway


 

House fails to pass farm bill amid Republican rebellion over immigration


 

New: IRS Announces 2018 Tax Rates, Standard Deductions, Exemption Amounts and More

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America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion: And it’s earned us absolutely nothing.


 

Trump Iran sanctions just gave Saudi Arabia and Russia more clout in the oil market, so watch for higher prices


 

EU could compensate firms hit by U.S. sanctions over Iran: French minister


 

U.S., China Putting Trade War On Hold, Treasury’s Steve Mnuchin Says: “Right now, we have agreed to put the tariffs on hold while we try to execute the framework.”


 

Poll: Two-thirds of Americans give Trump credit for economy


 

Goldman Sachs: The fiscal outlook for the US 'is not good'


 

Congress just approved a bill to dismantle parts of the Dodd-Frank banking rule: "Banks are back to making record profits, but Washington insists on doing them more favors," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.


 

Could You Come Up With $400 If Disaster Struck?


 

Democrats propose funding teacher pay raises by canceling tax cuts for the wealthy


 

The West is ill-prepared for the wave of “deep fakes” that artificial intelligence could unleash


 

Trump just made a move that looks set to reignite trade tensions with China


 

Why Teachers Are Walking Out


 

Cancer Institute Finally Admits Marijuana Kills Cancer


 

Global Capitalism: Linking Trump and Marx’ Critique of Capitalism [May 2018]


 

Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy?


 

Socialism Hasn’t Failed Venezuela. Economic War Has.


 

Here’s How We Could Fund a UBI Program in the United States


 

Trump's tariffs on US allies will shrink the savings Americans gained from tax cuts


 

Trump’s Trade War Sets Up a Battlefield Rout: American manufacturers and workers probably will be the losers.


 

Outgoing Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz rips Democrats for veering too far left: 'How are we going to pay for these things?'


 

Return of the oppressed: From the Roman Empire to our own Gilded Age, inequality moves in cycles. The future looks like a rough ride


 

The 8 Main Reasons for War


 

Trump to depart G-7 summit early


 

Justice Dept. Says Crucial Provisions of Obamacare Are Unconstitutional


 

Legal scholars think the new Obamacare lawsuit is “ludicrous”: Let’s talk about severability and congressional intent.


 

Frequent Emergency Department Users: A Statewide Comparison Before And After Affordable Care Act Implementation


 

How Did the ACA’s Individual Mandate Affect Insurance Coverage?  Evidence from Coverage Decisions

by Higher-Income People


 

Integrating Medical and Nonmedical Services — The Promise and Pitfalls of the CHRONIC Care Act


 

Sessions takes aim at heart of Obamacare — coverage for pre-existing conditions.  The move, announced in a court filing in Texas, is a rare departure from the Justice Department's practice of defending federal laws in court.


 

Macron Says G-7 Doesn’t Need U.S., ‘We Don’t Mind Being Six’


 

The suicide rate has risen 28% in the US in less than 20 years, according to new data


 

What Happens When You Believe in Ayn Rand and Modern Economic Theory: The reality of unfettered self-interest


 

Trump pulls U.S. out of G-7 statement, accuses Trudeau of being 'dishonest': Trade tensions flare again as Trump isolates U.S. from world leaders


 

Head of Canada's auto parts industry association mocks Trump's threat of auto tariffs


 

Looking at Greed as an Addictive Dysfunction: We are a society that is addicted to abundance and extravagance.


 

Greed: The Ultimate Addiction.  What’s the unquenchable thirst for wealth all about?


 

Is greed really a disease or an addiction like drugs?


 

Greed as Psycho-Pathology and Addiction


 

Seven Signs of The Greed Syndrome: Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change |


 

Greed as a Mental-Health Disorder


 

The American Greed Report: The deadly trap of opioid painkiller addiction


 

The Opioid Epidemic: Fueled by Greed, Corruption and Complicit Government


 

Greed: Crises, Causes, and Solutions


 

McCain rips Trump over trade, tells allies: 'Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn't'


 

Economic Update: An Unsustainable System


 

Within You Without You


 

The Beatles, WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU


 

IMPD: 26 arrested after protest at Health and Human Services Secretary Azar’s home


 

Is the Global Economy Just a Giant Debt Scam? Here's What the Financial Elite Doesn’t Want You to Know.  Leftist academic Yanis Varoufakis saw power up close. He says capitalism is dead, democracy is crumbling and we’re ruled by debt


 

"Fairer Handel wird nun Idioten-Handel genannt werden"


 

Welcome to the American Dark Age


 

What led to Trump’s outburst against Trudeau: Behind the scenes at the G7


 

Building boom at Boston charter schools outpaces that at other city schools


 

Top 10 Most Socialist Countries in the World


Socialism and Its Characteristics, Pros, Cons, Examples and Types: What It Is, How It Works, Comparison to Capitalism, Communism, Fascism


Less Government, More Socialism: Americans don't understand what 'socialist' countries do, and the political debate suffers for it.


 

Analysis: Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year


 

CFPB chief Mick Mulvaney disbands consumer protection board


 

The Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official. Here’s How That Could Affect You.


 

The sad state of America’s retirement preparation:  As a whole, Americans are not doing a great job of saving for retirement. Additionally, Social Security isn’t likely to be enough to live on, and the program isn’t exactly on solid financial footing. With that in mind, here are 40 statistics that help paint a clearer picture about the current state of retirement in America.


 

State of the Trade Wars: Tracking U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs — and the retaliatory measures other countries are taking.


 

New Jersey’s Governor Just Proposed a Millionaires’ Tax. So Why Is the Legislature Opposing It?


 

House GOP 2019 budget calls for deep Medicare, Medicaid spending cuts


 

Canadians boycott US products, cancel vacations to America


 

Poor Peoples Campaign Activist Arrested For Filming Protest


 

501 Days in Swampland: A constant drip of self-dealing. And this is just what we know so far …


 

Trump Family Business Demands Foreign Government Do Its Bidding


 

New York Goes After the Trump Foundation: A new lawsuit from the state attorney general claims the president's charity engaged in a years-long pattern of illegal behavior.


 

How the Supreme Court could rule against working people


 

New U.S. Census Bureau nonemployer establishment data for 2016 show continued growth in self-employment, but little economic impact as revenues barely grew


 

The Case for a Maximum Wage


 

CEO pay: Still not related to performance            


 

'Cutting Edge' Program For Children With Autism And ADHD Rests On Razor-Thin Evidence


 

ZTE crashes after Senate passes a Trump deal killing bill

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