Friday, May 29, 2020

Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education related links 052920



We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care: A smoothly functioning economy is one in which people who want to work are able to do so.

The Other Guy Being Socialism: The sick wreck of capitalism is here

Family Care for All: Supporting the work that makes all other work possible

The Prepper’s Guide to Love: Coupling up for the collapse

McConnell’s Refusal to Help States and Cities Could Plunge U.S. Into Depression, Experts Say

Ron DeSantis: Red states will ‘lose our competitive advantage’ if blue states get coronavirus funds

The little angel of Colombia

UK discriminating against EU citizens, say MEPs: Many citizens with ‘pre-settled status’ are finding it hard to get benefits on offer to UK nationals, MEPs say

Coronavirus: China could cut US debt holdings in response to White House Covid-19 compensation threats, analysts say

Anand Giridharadas on 'Winners Take All' and the charade of elite philanthropy | VPRO Documentary

Trump vows complete end of Obamacare law despite pandemic

Postal Carriers Are Essential Workers. They Need a Stimulus, Too.  The president is trying to use the coronavirus crisis to kill the public postal service. We can’t let him.

U.S. unemployment rate soars to 14.7 percent, the worst since the depression era

A.I.-Yi-Yi! Can We Live With Semi-Sentient Computers?

Let's talk about numbers, the future, and the carrot and the stick....

A Vision To Heal Health Care

The #1 Public Health Issue Doctors Aren't Talking About | Lissa Rankin | TEDxFargo

Record-Long U.S. Expansion to See Its End in First-Quarter GDP

Even for Companies With Business From Coronavirus, the Picture Is Mixed at Best: UPS business of delivering big shipments to offices, stores evaporates; 3M office-supply sales decline

She got a forgivable loan. Her employees hate her for it.

The $600 Unemployment Booster Shot, State by State

Paying Americans Not to Work: Four GOP Senators were right about the harm from rich UI benefits.  [My comment: they were wrong because workers are being paid to not spread a lethal virus]

Even after being approved for unemployment benefits, Florida’s jobless can’t collect | Opinion

As Bills Pile Up, Getting Unemployment Benefits In NY Is Still A “Kafkaesque Mess”

What Shape Will the Rebound Take? Don’t count on a V-shaped recovery. Up, down, up and then flat is more likely, alas.

Forget about a V-Shaped Recovery: Massive shocks to the global economy and financial markets portend a slow, difficult recovery from the coronavirus recession.

Haphazard Reopening Risks Public Health and Economy

The Tax-Break Bonanza Inside the Economic Rescue Package

Trends in income and wealth inequality

US billionaires gaining net worth during pandemic as lowest earners struggle

BILLIONAIRE BONANZA 2020: WEALTH WINDFALLS, TUMBLING TAXES, AND PANDEMIC PROFITEERS

About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or Wage Loss Due to COVID-19: Only 23% say they have emergency funds that would last them three months

Let's Stop Pretending Billionaires Are in the Same Boat As Us During This Pandemic: While millions of Americans were being thrown out of work by the coronavirus, the super rich saw their wealth increase 10 percent

Bezos, Musk among billionaires gaining net worth in pandemic: report

Top Wealth in America: New Estimates and Implications for Taxing the Rich

Comrades: The inner life of American communism.

Structure Tests: How should unions organize in today’s world?

Dr. John Whitcomb Seminar - Vitamin K2 - Super Vitamin, Hidden Before Our Eyes

Warren Buffett speaks on Saturday. Here are 6 things to watch for

Stocks Are Recovering While the Economy Collapses. That Makes More Sense Than You'd Think.

Paul Krugman: Crashing economy, rising stocks. What’s going on?

Global Capitalism: Corona and Capitalism: Overlapping Sicknesses [May 2020]

AskProfWolff: Capitalists Try to Undo Whatever Workers Win

Let's talk about riches to rags and deflation spirals....

Wedding Planner, Caterer, “Brand Builder”: Trump’s Food Aid Program Is Paying $100+ Million to Unlicensed Dealers.  Contractors with no experience in food distribution are looking for suppliers on Facebook while some food banks scramble to find desperately needed deliveries.

Trump announces executive order ‘suspending’ regulations impeding US economy: President hands his Cabinet secretaries broad say to nix more regulations

"I've never seen Michel Barnier as angry as he was after last week's Brexit talks" | LBC

Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated fat: Study also looks at effect of leaky gut on concentration

Study on body posture: Can powerful poses improve self-confidence in children?

Early Herd Immunity against COVID-19: A Dangerous Misconception

The Weight of the Nation: Part 1 - Consequences (HBO Docs)

Trump's senior economic adviser referred to Americans returning to work as 'human capital stock'

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