Tag: economics
COVID-19 Is Claiming Another Casualty: Public Education (Video)
The pandemic could be killing more than those infected with COVID-19.
Due to its impact on in-person instruction, it might also be delivering a death...
Trump Ends Manufacturing Advisory Board With Embarrassing Announcement (TWEETS)
Amid a number of CEOs exiting the groups since this past weekend, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that he was ending...
WATCH: Janet Yellen Cautions Lawmakers: Think Twice About Trumponomics
In an address to Congress on Thursday, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen questioned key sections of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic plan. Yellen warned...
Trump’s Economic Policies Likely To Cause Growth, Then Lead To A...
Here's what passes for conventional wisdom in the business world since Donald Trump won the election: He's gonna be great for business because he's...
These 5 Charts DESTROY GOP, Outline Obama’s Enormous Success In Jobs,...
When Barack Obama inherited the presidency in 2008, America’s economy was in a tailspin. The country was losing 800,000 jobs each month. The unemployment...
5 Of The Biggest American Fears Fueled By GOP Fear Mongers...
With Halloween right around the corner, now is the perfect time to look at all the ridiculous things that scare Americans. And just in...
WATCH: Trump’s ‘Successful Businessman’ Myth Totally CRUSHED By Former Secretary Of...
Robert Reich is an accomplished economist who worked in the Ford and Carter Administrations, and served as Secretary of Labor during Bill Clinton's presidency. He...
Mexico Threatens To Cancel Treaties With U.S. If Donald Trump Is...
Last week, Donald Trump went to Mexico and met with President Enrique Peña Nieto. The meeting proved surprising, and unpopular, with people on both...
Fact Checkers EXPOSE Trump’s Factually Flawed Economic Speech (VIDEO)
After getting hammered in the press last week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought a chance to right the ship Monday with an economic...
How Would You Like A Basic Income Just For Being Alive?...
Most Americans are wage slaves. A lot of us work so hard for so little, breaking our bodies, minds, and spirits so that we...
Your Chances Of Becoming Poor? Surprisingly High, Says New Study
One issue that's been a major message in this year's Democratic presidential primary is income inequality. Bernie Sanders has made it a central issue of his...
No, Ayn Rand, Capitalism Doesn’t Work That Way
Does anyone remember a couple of years ago when a couple of clever entrepreneurs decided they were going to create a paradise based on...
Europe’s Banks Prove The Conservatives Wrong (Again)
Conservative economics is basically little more than a house of cards. Every single school of economics regularly utilized by Libertarian and Republican think-tanks and...
New Website ‘The Blackground’ Aims To Be ‘Black Wall St.’ Of...
There’s a new website spreading across the Internet as of late, and with any luck, it’s revolutionary implications will help re-instate a sense of...
The Hidden Costs Of Volkswagen’s Scandal
The recent discovery that Volkswagen has been circumventing environmental standards in their diesel cars came as shocking news. Not because companies don’t try to...
These Corporations Lead Their States in FY 2015 Revenue
The American business market is cutthroat capitalism, essentially modern piracy. Corporations establish prominence, but are at times, dethroned by other corporations as demand and...
Do Your Own Taxes! Part One
The winter holiday season is over: now you should start thinking about preparing your taxes. Are you in panic mode yet? Don't be. With...
Last Year’s Tax Figures Defy Tea Party Math
Taxed Enough Already is the basis of an acronym some use for the Tea Party. I'm sure there are plenty of successful Tea Partiers...
The True Cost Of Cannabis: It’s NOT Just A ‘Liberal’ Issue
What would happen if we saw cannabis -- marijuana -- use as an economic, medical, and science issue instead of as a moral issue?
