Economic Policy Institute Being Economical With The Truth Again
The Economic Policy Institute is terribly concerned that the Supreme Court might stop unions from being able to charge money to people who aren't...
Millionaires Have 50% Of The World’s Wealth – This Is Normal, Boringly Normal
A number of newspapers are reporting, breathlessly, the news that millionaires have 50% of the world's wealth. This is, of course, entire nonsense, nonsense...
THE METROPOLITANS — Episode Fifteen
A saga of everyday life in the Big L and a wry look at contemporary culture
Episode Fifteen
The EasyJet swung around for its approach. Anna...
Gary Cohn’s Right Here, Not Trump – Trade Deficits Don’t Matter
Economist keep telling everyone that trade deficits don't matter. The only person with an economics PhD who disagrees is Peter Navarro - our problem...
That Capitalist Oppression In The Garment Factories Is Making Bangladesh Rich
We all know the opprobrium with which the right on view the garment factories in Bangladesh. Why, people are paid peanuts, mere tens of...
Here’s Hopeful – Elizabeth Holmes, Of The Theranos Fraud, Is Looking For New Investors
So, imagine you've just taken investors for a multi-billion ride through fraud and lies. What do you do next, given that you've been found...
Automating The NHS Means We Can Have More Diversity Advisers – Huzzah!
It looks like the robots will be able to take on some goodly portion of the NHS care burden. Ain't that great? It means...
Poundworld Into Administration – 5,000 Workers Released To Do Something More Useful
Poundworld has just gone into administration - excellent, that's 5,000 workers who have just been released to go and do something more useful. True,...
Takeaways Are Just Too Easy For Children Say The Food Fascists
The idea that just anyone, armed only with the coin of the realm, should be able to walk the high street and buy food...
Amazon, Apple, Foxconn, They’re Exploiting Workers In China – Huzzah!
The latest whine from the snowflakes over on the left is that workers in one of Foxconn's factories are making not very much money....
