Occupy Wall St. was right…..
In the fall of 2011, a large group of protestors occupied areas around Wall St. in NYC for six weeks under the banner of “We […]
Inequality
Book Review – Revolt of the Rich: How the Politics of the 1970s Widened America’s Class Divide by David Gibbs
Neoliberalism is the word most frequently used by commentators and academics when discussing the changes in the US economy over the past 50 years. For […]
Wealth Concentration and the Environment – a new concern
Much is made here and elsewhere of the extreme concentration of wealth in the top 1% of the world’s population (63 million people) and perhaps […]
Wealth Concentration in the US – more of the same
October 2024 The US Congressional Budget Office has updated it findings on wealth inequality. Since 1989 the top 10%’s share of wealth has increased from […]
Elon Musk, $50 billion, and Financialization – from production to extraction
Much is being made of a Delaware court blocking Musk’s $50 billion compensation contract. See the reporting in the NYTimes: Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package […]
Three charts that define the last 45 years in the US
Its the time of year for summations, usually for just the previous year. My selection of charts explains much of the past 45 years for […]
My Year End Siege of Angers – the list –the rerun
Last year, at about this time, I tapped away at the list below. In recent days I returned to the question of a new Siege […]
$47 Trillion – the ripoff by the rich and corporations – in two charts – maybe a few more…..
I was already 31 years old when the rip-off of America began in 1979. I was busy, and the changes in American life were only […]
What is $47 trillion – 47,000,000,000,000 – a comparative exploration?
My previous post, “$47 Trillion – the ripoff by the rich and corporations – in two charts – maybe a few more…..” raises the question […]
My Year End Siege of Angers – the list
Yesterday as I was taking a walk up and down Warren St. here in Hudson I realized that I had become actively angry about the […]