What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 3
Changes in Economic Policy and Regulation In two earlier posts, “What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 1” and “What is financialization […]
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Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? – from the NYTimes
Ben Casselman wrote this piece in the 1.10.2025 NYTimes: “Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?” The article cites […]
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? – from the NYTimes
Ben Casselman wrote this piece in the 1.10.2025 NYTimes: “Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?” The article cites […]
American Compass – their conservative economics get it right, mostly
American Compass is a self-described think tank for conservative economics. From its Mission Statement page: “We are developing the conservative economic agenda to supplant blind […]
Competitive Capitalism – long dead in the US
A key part of the description of capitalism in orthodox (neoclassical) economics, and our political rhetoric, is the role competition between companies plays in keeping […]
$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’s Wrong With Inequality – the word?
Use of the word inequality hides the real issues.
Market Concentration – Walmart and Groceries
The Visual Capitalist added another graphic example of the increasing concentration, monopolization, of markets, in this case for groceries. Even here in Hudson NY we […]
Recently Noted – Robert Reich on breaking up Big Tech – a limited view
Robert Reich is continuing his series of brief YouTube videos on progressive view of the economy. This is a good introduction to the arguments for […]