Leaked Trump infrastructure plan is a plan for corporate subsidies
The Trump administration’s plans to rebuild infrastructure in the United States have been leaked, and it appears to be as bad as feared. At least three-quarters of intended funding will go toward...
View ArticleNever let a crisis go to waste: The pandemic brings more inequality
Heeding that time-honored advice to never let a crisis go to waste, the world’s industrialists and financiers have taken full advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to accumulate more wealth. And although...
View ArticlePrivate sector is “efficient” only at extracting money from public
There is nothing that capitalists won’t grab if they see a possibility to score a profit. Not even the most basic needs for human life, such as water, are exempt. A favorite tactic for grabbing what...
View ArticleFinancial manipulation and inequality keep rising: Capitalism working as...
Many well-meaning people lament that our economic system is “not working.” But that isn’t true if we apply some historical context. What has capitalism wrought since its earliest days? Capitalism is a...
View ArticleRight-wing attempts to eliminate constitutional protections are no joke
Donald Trump’s recent rant that the U.S. Constitution should be “terminated” so that he can be installed as president for life merits no response, given the Orange one-man crime wave’s tenuous...
View ArticleCentral banks are a symptom, capitalism is the cause
Wishing for central banks to act in the interest of working people rather than the financial industry is about as fruitful as hoping a starving wolf won’t eat the chicken that was just placed next to...
View ArticleCall it whitewashing or greenwashing, World Bank subterfuge doesn’t fool us
Every so often, the World Bank puts out a paper that calls for better social protection or at least a somewhat better deal for working people. The public relations people there evidently believe we...
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