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Hi’. Argentina elected Javier Milei (Reuters) to fix their country’s budget. Explicitly. Milei is pledging economic shock therapy. His plans include shutting the central bank, ditching the peso, and slashing spending, potentially painful reforms that...
by Vuld Edone
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One of the biggest non-surprises is that the British economy fell into recession. It is not a surprise because all government and Bank of England policies worked very hard to get us there. In point of fact, it has been obvious for some time that they...
by NY brit expat
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President Joe Biden did not hold back as he bit into Donald Trump as he should for the flawed politician that he is. He called him out in a manner Republican politicians fear doing. Biden takes on Trump. Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts...
by Egberto Willies
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[This piece will be appearing as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012 (the former — pre-redistricting -- VA-06)). ********************* Three Nations I Hate to See...
by AndySchmookler
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This piece develops from a talk I gave at a meeting discussing the economic situation in Britain and how this issue will play out locally in London. It also provides some suggestions where we can develop grassroots local campaigns in local communities...
by NY brit expat
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Childcare subsidies, some SNAP benefits, and Student Loan repayment programs are all being terminated effective October 1st. A dysfunctional Congress does nothing. Three pandemic-era safety net programs expiring Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. The...
by Egberto Willies
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“How do you turn rubbish into money?” Movements toward degrowth are no alternative to those initiatives associated with Green New Deal legislation. Shrinking the capitalist economies is beyond counterintuitive, and the creation of Net Zero industries...
by annieli
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Sometimes you need to return to the past in order to understand some of the issues of the present. There have been several things that have come together recently in terms of social policy and discussions among environmentalists that have their roots...
by NY brit expat
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Bill DeBlasio’s tenure as New York City mayor was a tumultuous one. But regardless of what you thought of him, he did do at least one very good thing: He launched�the city’s universal “Pre-K ...
by Walter Einenkel
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You need to read this NYT article on generational wealth transfer “If you look at how did the 1% got this wealth? …they got wealth in the old fashioned way: taking it from the public domain. Privatisation. You have the largest transfer of wealth from...
by annieli
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