Just 100 CEOs have company retirement funds worth $4.7 billion — a sum equal to the entire retirement savings of the 41 percent of U.S. … Retirement Divide: 100 CEOs v. the Rest of UsRead more
Economics
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
Lincoln Had a Bolder Solution
Donald Trump was an outsider who boldly stormed the citadel of Washington DC and won. He has promised real change, but his infrastructure plan appears … Lincoln Had a Bolder SolutionRead more
Posted inDebt / Economics / Housing / ToMl / USA Empire
Foreclosures suddenly spike most since the last Housing Bust
The total number of homes with foreclosure filings jumped 27% in October from September, when they’d been at the lowest level since 2006. It was … Foreclosures suddenly spike most since the last Housing BustRead more
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Too Smug to Jail
As we reach the close of an election season marked by anger toward the unaccountable rich, The Economist has chimed in with a defense of … Too Smug to JailRead more
Posted inConsumerism / Economics / ToMl
Buying nothing for a year – no clothes, no holidays, no coffee …
Black Friday is looming and while most people are gearing up to flex the plastic in the shopping bonanza, I’m facing a year of buying … Buying nothing for a year – no clothes, no holidays, no coffee …Read more
Posted inEconomics / Multimedia
Why is the right question
David Harvey Harvard University Graduate School of Design March 28, 2016
Posted inEconomics / News / Poverty / USA Empire
Economic stress played role in increasing U.S. death rate
Greater stress and anxiety resulting from economic insecurity may be at least partly to blame for the U.S. death rate that the government announced Dec. … Economic stress played role in increasing U.S. death rateRead more
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Dissecting the Cayman Islands Offshore Financial Centre
We welcome this latest research on the under-researched Cayman Islands, an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC) ‘with foreign assets amounting to over 1500 times Cayman’s domestic … Dissecting the Cayman Islands Offshore Financial CentreRead more
Posted inBank / Economics
Why do banks offer current and savings accounts to the general public
Why do banks offer current and savings accounts to the general public if they don’t act as intermediaries between savers(depositors) and borrowers? When a bank … Why do banks offer current and savings accounts to the general publicRead more
Posted inEconomics / Inequality / ToMl / Worker
Paid Leave and Daycare: Luxuries of the Wealthy
The U.S. trails the rest of the world in benefits available to families. Currently, the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid maternity leave … Paid Leave and Daycare: Luxuries of the WealthyRead more