The Conservative Case for a $15 Minimum Wage
Conservatives should actually support higher wages for workers and alienate libertarian oligarchs
Economy
Poll: Most Alabamians, Including Half of GOP, Support Medicaid Expansion
Half of Republicans in Ruby Red Alabama want to expand Medicaid
Elizabeth Warren Embraces a Wealth Tax
Elizabeth Warren supports an Ultra-Millionaires Tax
President Biden Lays Out His American Rescue Plan
Joe addresses the nation on his plan to rescue American families
Anti-Populists Are Stewing Over Wall Street Uprising
The usual suspects are mobilizing to derail the GameStop rebellion
Neoliberal Joe Signs Climate Change Executive Orders
White progressive liberals have saved the planet
Redditors Create Chaos On Wall Street
WallStreetBets games GameStop stock
President Biden’s Screw Up On $2,000 Checks Shows He Is No FDR
The Democrats are making a major mistake by delaying immediate $2,000 stimulus checks
President Biden Signs Executive Order On American Manufacturing
Joe Biden signs Buy American executive order
Republicans Split On COVID-19 Relief Package
The True Cons are the anchor that sunk the Republican Party
The Chicago School
What is neoliberalism?
Joe Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Package
The package includes $1,400 checks and a $15 minimum wage
Senate Republicans Block $2,000 Stimulus Checks a Third Time
Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn and John Thune decry $2,000 checks as “socialism for the rich”
Poll: 81% of Americans Support $2,000 Stimulus Checks
Polls continue to show over 3/4ths of Americans support a $2,000 stimulus check
Why 2K?
Hunter Wallace and Richard Spencer discuss the battle over $2,000 stimulus checks, the future of Trump and the GOP and White Populism
Mnuchin: New Stimulus Checks Will Go Out Next Week
$600 in COVID relief on the way next week
Rand Paul Rails Against COVID Relief Plans
China condemns the humanitarian disaster in the United States
Jacobin: Republicans and Industrial Policy After Trump
Will the GOP embrace the developmentalist Right or stick with the free marketeer Right?
Health Care and UBI
Where is the Center on these issues?
Dow 30,000
It is a sacred number. No one thought they would ever see it
Americans Say More COVID Aid Is Needed Immediately
2/3rds of Americans agree another economic assistance package should be passed as soon as possible
National Review: Don’t Forgive Student Debt
Student loan debt is now at the top of the national agenda
Fauci Warns Congress About Hasty Reopening
Fauci warns the Senate about avoidable suffering and death
Reopeners Get Their Wish
The high cost of downplaying public health
Coronavirus: 5/8
1,321,785 cases, 78,611 deaths
Sweden’s Economy Crashed Anyway
The virus has hobbled the economy everywhere including Sweden
Unemployment Soars To 14.7%
A gray rhino has crashed the American economy
Stephen Moore: Reopenings Will Lead To Red State, Blue State Divide
China warns the United States against arrogant, impulsive, anti-scientific behavior
Coronavirus: 4/20
792,759 cases, 42,514 deaths
Dow Jones Has Its Largest Single Day Point Drop In History
Greatest economy ever! Highest stock market ever!
Neoliberalism’s Quiet Failures
A close look at the early failures of neoliberal theory
The Persistence of Neoliberalism Despite Its Loss of Legitimacy
Neoliberalism lives on as a zombie ideology without a popular mandate