US wages have been declining for some time and that decline continues in 2018 despite the media-government spin that wages are rising in America

If one were to believe the European and US press, Greece has now recovered and emerged from the bailout and its nearly decade-long debt crisis, and the depression it created. But that conclusion couldn’t be further from the truth

Mainstream economic policy is full of misrepresentation of reality

Trump is betting his intimidation approach can produce quick results before his tariff war precipitates a currency war and a severe global economic contraction

The resignation of Kennedy will enable Trump to take one step closer (now very close) to his avowed desire to be ‘above the law’, a Tyrant

How Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela are destabilized

The expansion and deepening of precarious employment reflects an intensification of exploitation of workers now accelerating – in both precarious and traditional work

Is This a Greek Debt Crisis Writ Large?

Is the Trump phony trade war really about reducing the U.S. $375 billion annual trade deficit with China? Or about U.S. bankers wanting more access and ownership of operations in China?

Trump’s pursuit of his ultra right economic nationalist policies, combined with the aggressiveness of US war-defense faction, will have the long run effect of reducing US hegemony in the global economy