The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
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Bill Black on McCain on Fox News
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The Great Crash of 2008, by Mason Gaffney
This crash is The Big One; it has signs of becoming a Category 5. How do we know? We'
John Milleron the Radio
Economist and Dollars & Sense columnist John Milleris on the radio--on the program Justice or Just Us? on KUCI
Economists' Letter on Offshore Drilling
See below for information about how to add your signature to this letter. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Senate Minority
The Beijing Olympics by the Numbers
We just posted a web-only article on the Beijing Olympics that explains why global corporations are salivating while more
Now Wall Street Wants Your Pension, Too
JPMorganChase, Citi, Cerberus, and Morgan Stanley are among the firms lobbying Washington to let them take over and run corporate
Economists' Letter on Offshore Drilling
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Minority Leader John Boehner Dear
A Tale of Two Polls
Poll: Nearly half hearing too much about Obama Wed Aug 6, 10:47 AM ET WASHINGTON - Barack Obama may be
Companies Tap Pension Plans To Fund Executive Benefits
Excellent reporting on the front page of today's WSJ: Companies Tap Pension Plans To Fund Executive Benefits Little-
The Banks and Private Equity
A good editorial from today's New York Times, cautioning against private equity firms' efforts to get the
The Doha Round: A Bad Deal All Round
An opinion piece in today's Guardian by Tim Wise (former D&S editor, now of the Global
More on the "Fire Industrial Comlex"
Another report on the high cost of private contractors fighting fires, often saving rich people's homes, with public