The ruling elite in America have been battling it out with ‘right populist’ challengers over who will define US policy in the decade ahead. Thus far in 2017 the elite have been clearly winning
After 8 years of pumping free money into private banks, corporations, and investors, the U.S. central bank has begun a desperate effort to raise interest rates and try to slow the flow of liquidity
Is it a currency that is going to replace the dollar or is it a classical commodity speculative financial bubble?
Is it the new ‘subprime mortgage’ bomb?
With the Senate and House all but assured to pass the US$4.5 trillion in tax cuts for businesses, investors, phases two and three of the Trump-Republican fiscal strategy have begun quickly to take shape
As this Thanksgiving holiday comes to an end and the Xmas season approaches, let’s not forget to give thanks to our richest 1% fellow Americans and their corporations
Trump has introduced his long-awaited tax cut, estimated between $2.0 to $2.4 trillion. Like so many other distortions of the truth, Trump…
The Trump-US House $4.6 Trillion Tax Cut
Predicting ‘Minsky Moment’ in Global Financial Instability
Nothing will change so long as the Corporate Party of America is allowed to continue its neoliberal tax giveaways
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