The real root of the Great Recession wasn’t a banking crisis. It was the growing imbalance between the capacity of most people to buy, and what they as workers could produce. That imbalanace is back.Â
Robert Reich
Posted inLaw and Justice
Don’t Just Impeach Trump. Annul His Presidency.
Impeachment would remedy Trump’s “high crimes and misdemeanors.” But it would not remedy Trump’s unconstitutional presidency.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Musk, Trump, and the Second Gilded Age
Unlike Trump, the Tesla Motors CEO seems to genuinely care about the future of humanity. But, like Trump, Musk loves to upend the status quo by breaking norms and maybe even some laws.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Trump’s War on Regulation Is Trickle-Down Economics
The gains go to the top and the losses trickle down to everyone else.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Where Trump Sees Foreign Danger
Trump cares more about unauthorized immigrants and Chinese imports than about the sanctity of our democracy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Six Reasons for Hope in Trump Times
The fate of this nation depends on every one of us becoming an activist, joining with others, and reclaiming this land from those bent on destroying it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
We’re Living a Constitutional Crisis
A malignant megalomaniac facing no countervailing power will continue to expand his terrain until he is stopped.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Are We to Do About Trump’s Escalating Lies?
Other than vote November 6?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What We Must Do Now
The vast majority of Americans are opposed to the Trump agenda. Here’s how we can fight it.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Fourth of July
The truth is excluding foreigners has never been a dominant part of American patriotism.
