Are Taxes the Best Way of Dealing with Inequality?
There is a pernicious myth that affects the way we think about markets. Read the article at Dollars & Sense.
Economy
How Economists Tricked Us Into Thinking Capitalism Works
Our species has survived through caring and sharing, not competing in markets as economists claim. Read the article at Truthout.
Medicare for All Could Save U.S. $600 Billion a Year
It’s our current system that’s a wasteful, unsustainable disaster. Read the article at Common Dreams.
Joe Biden Has a Serious Problem with Social Security
A look at his record offers a troubling picture. Read the article at Common Dreams.
Unmasking the Secret Landlords Buying Up US Properties
With anonymity comes impunity, and, for vulnerable tenants, skyrocketing numbers of evictions. Read the story at Reveal News.
Green New Deal for Public Housing to Solve Multiple Crises at Once
By Jake Johnson Framing the climate crisis as both an existential threat and a “tremendous opportunity” to fundamentally transform American society, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in November unveiled a Green New Deal…
A Bold Plan to Strengthen and Improve Social Security
By Dean Baker The Social Security 2100 Act proposed by Connecticut Representative John Larson is getting closer to being passed by the House of Representatives. It now has more than 200 co-sponsors. If it were…
We Need Publicly Owned Utilities
By Jill Richardson This fall, thousands of Californians were fleeing raging wildfires while millions sat in the dark. And for-profit utilities may be to blame . . . Read more at Otherwords
California Opens the Public Banking Floodgates
By Aaron Fernando When you pay state and local taxes, parking fees and other payments to your regional government, chances are those funds will almost immediately end up in a corporate bank . . ….
Time for the Internet to Be Controlled by Public, Not Corporate, Interests
By Howie Hawkins There are serious problems with Internet policy in the United States that are the predictable outcome of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consistently placing corporate interests above the public interest. The FCC…