A new report finds that the U.S. could grow the economy by cancelling all student debt in the country for less cost than the GOP tax bill. Interesting. Source: Want to grow the US economy? Cancel student debt, new report shows | Mic Continue reading Want to grow the US economy? Cancel student debt, new report shows

It can be easy to be misled by big point swings after a long period of quiet in global markets. Percentage wise, the drop is not much at all, it merely took … Continue reading Context Matters. The Stock Market Drop Is Less Scary Than It Seems.

President Trump woke up this morning and fired off a tweet criticising Democrats who “are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system … Continue reading An American Uses Britain’s NHS

Fourth-quarter fundraising results are in. They show that insurgent progressive candidates are beginning to out-raise their centrist Democratic opponents. Should the Democrats be centrist or more progressive? Seems that progressiveness is winning … Continue reading Six Insurgent Candidates Just Out-Raised Their Establishment Democratic Opponents

  When adjusted for inflation, wage growth since 1967 has been nothing short of a disgrace. The United States has suffered close to five decades of real wage stagnation. People, it’s time … Continue reading When adjusted for inflation, wage growth since 1967 has been nothing short of a disgrace.

Net neutrality takes big step forward in California, but lawsuits loom. When the Federal government goes against the will of the people, state governments step in to challenge it. Let’s see how … Continue reading California Senate defies FCC, approves net neutrality law

Judges say snooper’s charter lacks adequate safeguards around accessing personal data Let’s see if anything gets done about this. Source: UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful | UK news | The Guardian Continue reading UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday announced plans to partner on ways to cut health care costs and improve services for U.S. employees. Something the government should be doing, but … Continue reading Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase to partner on US employee health care

A new study suggests the Midwest would still be blue if Democrats hadn’t refused to prioritize labor’s needs under Obama, Clinton, and Carter. Source: Democrats Paid a Huge Price for Letting Unions … Continue reading Democrats Paid a Huge Price for Letting Unions Die

“Our research shows that companies that take the high road make a profit not in spite of paying their workers better but because they pay their workers better” Something to be learned … Continue reading In-N-Out Managers Make $160,000 Per Year

IT might make you feel better but tomorrow if the US Federal Government, or Australia or the UK repaid the entirety of its national debt, it would make not one dollar’s difference … Continue reading What if every government paid off its national debt?

A morally odious theory is empirically unsupportable and increasingly questioned by a younger generation of central bankers. Expect politicians to make more noise about the Fed’s controversial choices after Yellen is gone. … Continue reading NAIRU: not just bad economics, now also bad politics