Republicans Split On COVID-19 Relief Package
The True Cons are the anchor that sunk the Republican Party
Economy
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
Masters of the Universe
Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman and the birth of neoliberalism
This Is Neoliberalism
What is the reigning ideology of our times?
Frontline PBS: In the Age of AI
Frontline PBS investigates the rise of AI, automation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Michael Lind: The Return of Geoeconomics
Neoliberalism has made China a superpower
Caribbean History Series: Review: The Mighty Experiment
A book review of Seymour Drescher’s The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
McKinsey: Black People Will Be The Hardest Hit By Automation
The employment outlook for young black men may worsen dramatically
Joel Kotkin: The Old Can Share the Wealth, or the Young Will Take It From Them
Downward mobility has become the norm in the United States
Trump: For The First Time In History, Most New Hires Are Women and Minorities
The African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American unemployment rate has never been lower
National Affairs: The China Shock Doctrine
Neoliberalism worked in theory, but it didn’t work in reality