Category Archives: Economics

IGNORANCE ISN’T BLISS

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy. The rest of us shouldn’t By Bernie Sanders/ The Guardian/ March 16, 2018 The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Elizabeth Bruenig/ Washington Post/ March 6, 2017   In the United States, we’ve arrived at a pair of mutually exclusive convictions: that liberal, capitalist democracies are guaranteed by their nature to succeed and that in our Trumpist moment they … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

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Sorry, Kids

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Arlen Grossman
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The Triumph of the Oligarchy

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

By Robert Reich/ robertreich.org/ December 17, 2017 By passing the tax plan, Republican donors will save billions — paying a lower top tax rate, doubling the amount their heirs can receive tax-free, and treating themselves as “pass-through” businesses able to … Continue reading →

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History Lesson: Tax the Rich

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Arlen Grossman
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PRIORITIES

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

Letter to Editor in Monterey Herald, November 22, 2017 and San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 27, 2017 A lesson on American priorities in the age of Trump: The 2018 budget proposals call for cuts in Medicaid, Medicare, welfare, food stamps, children’s health … Continue reading →

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The Billionaires Won. The Rest of Us Lost.

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman It’s not your grandfather’s America anymore. Democracy in the United States has failed. So we shouldn’t be surprised when tax cuts favor the wealthy, and we see the rich growing richer and the poor losing ground. In addition, … Continue reading →

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How the Labor Movement Was Destroyed

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Arlen Grossman
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The Sorry Plight of the Worker

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

A 21st-Century Form of Indentured Servitude Has Already Penetrated Deep into the American Heartland Corporations want to make sure that laborers never again have the power to tell big business how to treat them. By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ July 17,2017 … Continue reading →

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