The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (crop insurance scheme) may have benefitted some farmers but insurance companies surely made the most of it. In the … Private insurance companies benefitted the most from PM Fasal Bima YojanaRead more
Economics
Posted inUncategorized
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
A Bronx man allegedly received $1.5 million in just ten months. A California real estate broker raked in more than $500,000 within half a year. … How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the PandemicRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Why Bitcoin is not the answer
Recently, I argued that a central bank cryptocurrency can be a useful tool in the struggle to democratise money. Such a tool is, of course, … Why Bitcoin is not the answerRead more
Posted inUncategorized
A central bank cryptocurrency to democratise money
The history of money has been the history of the struggles to control the payment system and the money tree. Today, with control over both … A central bank cryptocurrency to democratise moneyRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Value in Motion
The covid-19 pandemic has plunged the world into the worst economic crisis in the history of capital. Forty million people lost their jobs overnight in … Value in MotionRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Wall Street’s Banks Could Profit by Millions on Coronavirus Deaths of Employees
If it sounds ghoulish, it’s because it is ghoulish. Some of the biggest banks on Wall Street have been intimidating their traders to come back … Wall Street’s Banks Could Profit by Millions on Coronavirus Deaths of EmployeesRead more
Posted inUncategorized
International lending is not required
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6288YPnqPhE&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Richard Werner at the Rhodes Forum 2015
Posted inUncategorized
Workers Begging to Save West Virginia Pharma Plant
More than 1,400 workers in West Virginia are set to lose their jobs this week when the Viatris pharmaceuticals plant in Morgantown shuts down and … Workers Begging to Save West Virginia Pharma PlantRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Debtors’ prisons on the rise as COVID-19 ravages the southern United States
On July 6, 55-year-old Charles Anderson spent his last day in Marion County Jail. He was arrested 28 days prior for unpaid debts regarding his … Debtors’ prisons on the rise as COVID-19 ravages the southern United StatesRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Bringing together race and class
David Harvey Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Race and Class [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na7LQDSVNIs&rel=0&feature=relmfu]