‘Absurd!’: US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time
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by Yves Smith
3d ago
"It's time to tax the billionaires," economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis ..read more
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The Geography of EU Discontent and the Regional Development Trap
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by Yves Smith
4d ago
More and more EU voters are rejecting the Union, as some like to call it. Economic malaise looks to be a big reason why ..read more
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Taxing Income from Wealth Can Always Raise More Money Than a Wealth Tax
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by Yves Smith
4d ago
Why a wealth tax is not all it is cracked up to be, but a well-designed income tax can do a fine job of curtailing wealth disparity ..read more
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“The True Shocking Driver of Crime in America”
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by Yves Smith
5d ago
A theory of crime, which while it has some explanatory power, weirdly omits white collar crime ..read more
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Stasi in the West
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by Conor Gallagher
5d ago
Governments across the West are enacting more draconian measures to silence all criticism and are increasingly asking citizens to inform on one another ..read more
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With US Workers on the March, Southern States Take Aim at Unions
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by Conor Gallagher
1w ago
Governors in the region are "truly astonished that workers might not trust their corporate overlords with their working conditions, pay, health, and retirement," said one critic ..read more
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The Wars Come Home
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by Conor Gallagher
1w ago
Weapons, tactics, techniques and, maybe most importantly, ideology are already spreading in the US and across the Collective West from the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts.  ..read more
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Freedom of Speech Ends Where True Power Begins
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by Conor Gallagher
1w ago
"I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice," William Lloyd Garrison once said. "On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation ..read more
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Grocery Store Consolidation: Manipulating Supply Chains and Manufacturing, for Corporate Influence and Profit . . . Redux
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by Yves Smith
1w ago
More squeezing of the poors and shrinking middle class sought, via a US grocery store merger creating combined company market share of 22 ..read more
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James Galbraith: Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don’t Have One
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by Yves Smith
1w ago
Industrial policy, despite recent lip service, is out of favor because doing ambitious things isn't lucrative enough for the right people ..read more
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