Sunday, September 8, 2024

Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education related links 090824

 

An interview with Jason Furman on the economy and outlook | Why the economy is so weird right now – January 5, 2023

https://www.semafor.com/article/01/05/2023/why-the-economy-is-so-weird-right-now

 

The States That Are Most Reliant on Federal Aid – June 21, 2024

https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/

 

What makes a successful businessman? Probably paying bills, taxes and fines on time or at all – August 13, 2024

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/what-makes-successful-businessman-probably-paying-bills-taxes-and-fines-time-or-all

 

The Invisible Crisis Killing America's Workers – August 14, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmO6Nc8VT7s

 

The British Economist Who Became a Celebrity With an Anti-Growth Pitch

Tim Jackson found unlikely fame by arguing that slower growth will actually make us happier—and more prosperous. – August 14, 2024

https://newrepublic.com/article/184535/surprising-message-made-british-economist-celebrity

 

Dialectic At Work: Crisis of Democracy: Marxism and Dialectical Thought Part 1 – August 15, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVR3oAYS88

 

If you're sick, you should be able to go to a doctor and get the care that you need. – August 15, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcJmvh0lvWE

 

Training For Chips.  And the rise of digital nationalism – August 15, 2024

https://vietnamweekly.substack.com/p/training-for-chips

 

Medicare negotiated lower prices for these 10 drugs. It could lead to $6 billion in savings.  The program could help people with Medicare save up to $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 – August 15, 2024

https://qz.com/medicare-10-negotiated-drug-prices-1851622961

 

U.S. Unveils Price Limits for 10 Costly or Common Medications.  The Biden administration said it would have saved $6 billion had the new prices been in effect last year – August 15, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/politics/drug-prices-medicare.html

 

GOP's attack on Americans' retirement savings just went to the next disgusting level | Opinion – August 16, 2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/gop-s-attack-on-americans-retirement-savings-just-went-to-the-next-disgusting-level-opinion/ar-AA1oTQCX

 

The real fix for Social Security.  Trump and his Republicans want Social Security to run out of money. They don’t want the rich — their patrons — to pay their fair share. – August 16, 2024

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-fix-for-social-security

 

Are the Morbidly Rich Sabotaging the Very System that Made Them Wealthy?  And now they are “pulling the ladder up” to make it harder for entrepreneurs and small business people to succeed in America. – August 16, 2024

https://hartmannreport.com/p/are-the-morbidly-rich-sabotaging-337

 

Don’t Believe Recent Headlines. The Inflation Reduction Act Worked.  By its own standards, the landmark piece of climate legislation was a smashing success. Its future, however, could be decided on Election Day. – August 16, 2024

https://newrepublic.com/article/184910/ira-worked-harris-climate-inflation

 

Economic Update: Capitalism vs Patriarchy – August 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4lRsO0Z8o

 

What does that say about American economic policy? – August 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMKuAU91sw

 

Biden-Harris: Price Cuts on 10 Drugs to Save Medicare Beneficiaries $1.5 Billion.  Historic Medicare drug price negotiations to lower costs on 10 best-selling drugs, saving beneficiaries $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in the program's first year. – August 19, 2024

https://www.kiplinger.com/politics/biden-harris-price-cuts-on-drugs-to-save-medicare-beneficiaries-billions

 

Beyond Capitalism: A Classless Society With (Mostly) Free Markets.  Marx defined the "state" as merely a tool by which one class exploits another. It would therefore "wither away" when there were no more classes. – August 19, 2024

https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/classless-society

 

Here’s Why Prices Are Still High | Robert Reich – August 20, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L6bjQNOZ0E

 

CHH s07e16 Whither Family-Withered Families – August 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIiYnN0LoKg

 

Killing Noncompete Clauses Is All About Freedom.  Why Harris and Walz should talk up an imperiled FTC regulation – August 23, 2024

https://newrepublic.com/article/185202/non-compete-clauses-ftc-harris

 

Elon Musk has confirmed an impossible Da Vinci prediction: He could be a threat to humanity – August 24, 2024

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/musk-spacex-humanoroid-robot/5626/

 

Medicaid Unwinding Unfairly Puts Patients at Risk.  Without Medicaid, patients like me are forced to make drastic health care decisions. And as an estimated seventeen million people get cut from the program, many patients may abruptly become unable to access regular chronic disease treatments. – August 26, 2024

https://progressive.org/magazine/medicaid-unwinding-unfairly-puts-patients-at-risk-litchman-20240826/

 

Economic Update: Worsening Economic Inequality Yields Worsening Social Conditions – August 26, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK-AA9lco5A

 

Dismantling Inequalities of Wealth & Power: to create a better society for everyone

https://equalitytrust.org.uk/

 

The Spirit Level at 15

https://equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-base/the-spirit-level-at-15/

 

Marijuana Compound Has 'Anti-Aging Effect On The Brain,' Study Of Mice Dosed With THC Finds – August 27, 2024

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-compound-has-anti-aging-effect-on-the-brain-study-of-mice-dosed-with-thc-finds/

 

Child Care Does Not Need To Be a Crisis.  Our system leaves parents with unreliable waitlists and mortgage-size payments, while teachers go overburdened and underpaid. – August 28, 2024

https://progressive.org/magazine/child-care-does-not-need-to-be-a-crisis-isser-20240828/

 

Dialectic At Work: Crisis of Democracy: Marxism and Dialectical Thought Part 2 – August 29, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm9kXP0WuFg

 

New Findings Challenge 150-Year-Old Assumptions: Scientists Discover New Properties of Unusual Metal – August 29, 2024

https://scitechdaily.com/new-findings-challenge-150-year-old-assumptions-scientists-discover-new-properties-of-unusual-metal/

 

Seniors could save thousands with Biden's cap on out-of-pocket drug costs, study says.  About 1.4 million Americans are estimated to save an average of $1,000 or more in 2025 thanks to the program – August 29, 2024

https://qz.com/medicare-drug-cap-savings-1851636133

 

What Is the United States' Role in the (New) Global Order? || Ask Peter Zeihan – August 30, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unDS_lBHxwQ

 

Finally, a Federal Court Hits Back Hard at Big Tech on Section 230.  Social media platforms have borne no responsibility for the lies and hate they spread. But starting this week, that may change. – August 30, 2024

https://newrepublic.com/article/185503/federal-court-big-tech-section-230

 

A One-Paragraph Summary of the Hot War Between Elon Musk and the Nation of Brazil.  While it’s not actually very complicated, it does underscore the active threat Elon Musk poses to American democracy. The Musk-Brazil war is a “canary in the coal mine” that Americans cannot ignore. – August 31, 2024

https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/a-one-paragraph-summary-of-the-hot

 

Economic Update: Labor Day And Abe Lincoln, Honoring Both Together – September 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eygPPWHtQ-I

 

How We Build an Economy That Works | Robert Reich – September 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Vvev2Op_M

 

Kamala Harris Still Has Time for a Big New Idea in Economic Policy.  Free community college classes for retraining can really boost incomes. – September 2, 2024

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/02/kamala-harris-still-has-time-for-a-big-new-idea-in-economic-policy/

 

Want to know a big secret? – September 3. 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9RVAoQ2PB0

 

Wolff Responds: "The Unspoken Economic Realities Of Elections" Pt. 3 September 4, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVdhMXgQowY

 

Largest cattle feedlot in Nebraska to begin taking feeders later this month 

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/09/03/largest-cattle-feedlot-in-nebraska-to-begin-taking-feeders-later-this-month/

 

Capitalism Hits Home: The Spirit Level of the United States – September 6, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCtXYiTxQIA

 

Rich people don’t even feel rich these days.  America’s uneven wealth distribution is skewing perspectives – September 6, 2024

https://sherwood.news/personal-finance/rich-people-dont-even-feel-rich-these-days/

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