Wealth Abuse

China Returns Fire

May 23, 2019 0

Greg Guenthner Global markets are retreating once again today as investors attempt to digest the latest round of trade war headlines. Asian and European stocks are lower across the board as China appears to dig […]

Commentary

The Trend is Not Your Friend

May 15, 2019 0

The be-Muellered, bothered, and bewildered American public may find US-China trade talks about as interesting as a rain delay in an Orioles-Chisox game, but the Friday collapse of negotiations may be marked by historians as […]

Tyranny

The Company Store

May 6, 2019 0

by cmartenson In the song Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis (and made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford), the idea of the ‘company store’ referred to a system of debt bondage that effectively trapped workers within an unfair […]

Wealth Abuse

The Accelerating Decay of the Middle Class

May 3, 2019 0

Ironically, their ample compensation allows them to avoid the poor-quality services they’ve designed for everyone below them. If we define middle class by the security of household income and what that income can buy rather than by an income level, what […]

Government

The Fed’s Failures Are Mounting

March 14, 2019 0

Danielle DiMartino Booth In the decade between “60 Minutes” interviews, the central bank has sparked a recovery without inflation but not much else. By Danielle DiMartino-Booth March 12, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT   This article originally appeared […]

Wealth Abuse

Tomgram: Nomi Prins, Building a Great Wall of Wealth

February 27, 2019 0

Posted by Nomi Prins Honestly, the inequality gap in America should stagger the imagination or, on second thought, maybe it shouldn’t, not with the first billionaire in the White House and at least two more threatening to join […]

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