Anna MercuryWhat Democracy Are We Trying to Save, Exactly?Our lives are so undemocratic, any “democracy” left in our politics rings hollow.·5 min read·Feb 16, 2022--23--23
Douglas Giles, PhDWhy #CancelStudentDebt Is the Right Thing to DoMorality and pragmatism combine to present to us a clear choice.·7 min read·Feb 4, 2022--4--4
Samuel ClemensYes, the Biden Boom Is Real. We Shouldn’t Ignore It.There’s more to the current economy than inflation.·4 min read·Jan 13, 2022--3--3
Gwen Frisbie-FultonTen Years Since Occupy and the Need Is Higher Than EverOccupy Greensboro was packing up. Tents were taken down, cooking pots stacked, banners folded. I loaded a number of large white boards into…·4 min read·Jan 10, 2022--4--4
Rachel Wayne“No One Wants to Work”: The Gaslighting of the Working ClassThe COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on many industries, forcing businesses to either lay off employees or place them in the untenable…·12 min read·Dec 7, 2021--26--26
ScottCDunnDemocrats And Republicans Are Not So Different On Economic PolicyNeither party is really in favor of free markets. At least one party is honest about their desire to manage the economy.·4 min read·Nov 15, 2021--2--2
Julio Vincent Gambuto$14.86 or The Math of RepentanceRodgers, Amazon, Musk, and our inability to count to a trillion·7 min read·Nov 17, 2021--4--4
ScottCDunnWould an Efficient Economy Create Billionaires?I’ve been running the numbers. It doesn’t look good.·5 min read·Nov 4, 2021--19--19
James SurowieckiGas Prices Are Up. Americans Feel Down.The job market and the stock market are booming. But Americans are gloomy about the economy. Gas prices are a big reason why.·5 min read·Oct 30, 2021--10--10
Julio Vincent GambutoThe Pain of Biden’s CompromiseWhat’s in, what’s out, and how it feels to watch the federal government held up at gunpoint by two Senators who represent maybe 3% of the…·5 min read·Oct 28, 2021--14--14