You’d think that with the Federal Reserve printing trillions of dollars since 2008, we’d all be able to afford nice things. But you’d be wrong: after 11 years of Fed money-printing, nice things are even more out of reach for all……
Despite all the happy talk about “recovery” and higher growth, wages have gone nowhere since 2000–and for the bottom 20% of workers, they’ve gone nowhere since the 1970s. Gross domestic product (GDP) has risen smartly since 2000, but the share…
Mainstream economists are mystified why wages/salaries are still stagnant after 7+ years of growth / “recovery.” The conventional view is that wages should be rising as the labor market tightens (i.e. the unemployment rate is low) and demand for workers…
The majority of American households feel poorer because they are poorer. Real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) median household income has declined for decades, and income gains are concentrated in the top 5%: Even more devastating, wages’ share of GDP has…
Workers of all ages are caught in a vise. Older workers need to keep working longer in an economy which values younger workers (and their cheaper healthcare premiums). Younger workers are caught in the vice of “you don’t have enough…
‘Two years after the US-backed Maidan revolution, Ukraine is worse off than it was before – the country is sliding into poverty, Germany’s daily newspaper Junge Welt reported, describing the life of ordinary Ukrainians as “staggering.” “Since the end of the Yanukovych era, the average income has decreased by 50 percent,” the media outlet noted. […]
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‘Introduce a political economy upon the arbitrary axiom that Capitalism is the one and only economic system for mankind, and introduce a narcissistic moral philosophy that you as a Capitalist represent unsurpassable objective moral virtues. You as a Capitalist hire politicians to implement policy as per your moral and economic philosophy, meanwhile redefine ‘democracy’ as […]
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‘As I sit here listening to the people of Ireland debate, on the Niall Boylan show, the validity of the new legislation that came into force today, I begin to feel sick. We are shouting at each other as Niall Boylan laughs at the misplaced passion and the tin-foil-hat comments are enjoyed with sniggers and […]
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‘Workers are set to stage a strike across the occupied territories to demand a rise in pays in a move likely to harm Israel’s lumbering economy. The industrial action that is planned for Wednesday would likely see Israel’s main airport, seaports, trains, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, offices, hospitals and schools closed. In a bid […]
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‘Stop thief! Oh wait a second.. it’s a bloody police man! You may have seen headlines today revealing how police chefs obtained £55,000 of taxpayer money just so they could move house, but we’ve found plethora of unethical behaviour by police forces. An investigation by the Daily Mail and TaxPayers’ Alliance found that:’ Read more: British […]
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‘Over 20,000 doctors have marched through London in protest against changes in contracts for junior doctors regarding new pay and working conditions which have been introduced by the UK government. Young health care professionals say that the changes will force them to work longer hours, resulting in a greater risk of burnout. The British Medical […]
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‘The imposition of capital controls delivered the last blow to the public construction projects, leading to many cancellations, even in sites that operated normally until yesterday. The main reason behind the cancellations is that there is no way for the workers to be paid. It was estimated that over the last weekend thousands of workers […]
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‘If you thought slavery was outlawed in America, you would be wrong. The 13th amendment to the Constitution states that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” In plain language, […]
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‘The “flexibility” of zero hours contracts allows people on them to earn as much money as they choose, a Government minister has claimed. Conservative business minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe defended the continuing legality of the contracts […]
‘The “flexibility” of zero hours contracts allows people on them to earn as much money as they choose, a Government minister has claimed. Conservative business minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe defended the continuing legality of the contracts […]